SOCIETY ISLANDS, SET OF 8 COINS, LOCAL FAUNA, SEA CREATURES, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Society Islands, set of 8 coins, Local Fauna, Sea Creatures, Birds, 2015 Edition Technical Specs Presentation Country:   Society Islands Metal Purity:    bimetal from nonprecious metals Box:   Year of Issue:   2015 Weight:   CoA:   Face Value:   Dimensions:       Quality:       Mintage:     Coins have some scratches and oxides The Society Islands (French: ?les de la Soci?t? or officially Archipel de la Soci?t?; Tahitian: T?taiete m?) are a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. They are politically part of French Polynesia. The archipelago is suspected to have been named by Captain James Cook supposedly in honour of the Royal Society, the sponsor of the first British scientific survey of the islands; however, Cook himself stated in his journal that he called the islands Society "as they lay contiguous to one another."The islands became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880. They have a population of 235,295 inhabitants (as of 2012). They cover a land area of 1,590 square kilometres (610 sq mi). The islands are divided, both geographically and administratively, into two groups:Windward Islands (?les du Vent) (listed from east to west)MehetiaTahitiTetiaroaMooreaMaiaoLeeward Islands (?les Sous-le-Vent)HuahineRaiateaTahaaBora BoraTupaiMaupitiMopeliaMotu One (Bellinghausen)Manuae ____________________________________________________  Feel free to e-mail me with any questions.