Catalog
1 Rupee
| Issuer | Government of Mauritius |
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| Year | 1919-1928 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1835-date) |
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| Obverse description | A vignette at right centre depicts a harbour scene with a sailing vessel and mountainous coastline in the background, rendered in intaglio in brown tones. The denomination ONE RUPEE appears in a dark panel at centre, flanked by multilingual inscriptions in Tamil and Hindi script. The note bears a guilloche border and carries the serial number repeated at upper left and lower right, with two manuscript signatures of the Commissioners of Currency below the central text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF MAURITIUS PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT THIS OFFICE THE SUM OF ONE RUPEE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY PORT LOUIS |
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| Variants | P#19a - 1919 P#19b - 1928 |
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