| Added by |
 Bart Perdieus
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| In personal collections | 7 |
| General Description | Solor is a volcanic island located off the eastern tip of Flores island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. The island supports a small population that has been whaling for hundreds of years. They speak the languages of Adonara and Lamaholot. There are at least five volcanoes on this island which measures only 40 km (25 mi) by 6 km (3.7 mi). The island's area is 222 km2. Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between an independent sovereign state of East Timor and West Timor, which is part of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island covers an area of 30,777 square kilometres. The name is a variant of timur, Malay for "east"; it is so called because it lies at the eastern end of the Lesser Sunda Islands. |
| Catalog code | KM#683 |
| Mintage | 750,000 |
| Diameter | 36.00 mm |
| Thickness | 2.70 mm |
| Weight | 21.3900 g |
| Material | Copper-Nickel |
| Orientation | Coin |
| Mint | Portugal - Lisbon |
| Edge Type | reeded |
| Designer | E. Byrne |
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Catalog prices *what it means? |
UNC $5.00 |
