IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 242956 accession number: CM.395-2016 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Monday 17 August 2020 updated: Wednesday 21 July 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Following the capture of SMS 'Emden' by HMAS 'Sydney' off the Cocos Islands on 9th November 1914, 6,429 Mexican dollars were seized which were being carried on board as cash. 1,000 were converted into medals with the addition of a clazsp. Some were presented to the captain and crew of 'Sydney', the Admiralty and other public bodies in Australia. The remainder were sold to the public, the profits going to the Royal Australian Navy Relief Fund. title: 8 reales LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/242956 CATEGORIES ------ category: coin DATING ------ creation date: 1884 - 1884 creation date earliest: 1884 creation date latest: 1884 CREATORS -------- maker: Mexico City CITATIONS -------- Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 ---