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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Special Finance Committee of Mauritius |
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| Year | 1842 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note with a simple ruled border enclosing the text. The denomination "Dr 1." appears in the upper left and upper right corners, with the place and date of issue "Port-Louis, 1st September 1842" centered at the top. The body of the note carries a promise-to-pay text in letterpress, a manuscript serial number in the lower left, and a cursive signature on behalf of the Special Finance Committee, with an embossed or ink stamp partially visible at center. |
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| Signature(s) | Paul Marion |
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The Special Finance Committee of Mauritius issued this note under British colonial administration during a period when the island had no formal banking institution capable of meeting local credit demand. The Committee was essentially an ad hoc fiscal body, not a bank, which makes its note-issuing function unusual even by colonial standards.
Paul Marion's signature places this squarely within a narrow window of Committee activity. P#1F is among the rarest survivors of the entire Mauritian colonial series — the Committee's issues were short-lived, and most were redeemed or destroyed well before any systematic preservation occurred.