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1 Rupee - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1954-1974 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Cecil Thomas Reverse: George Kruger Gray |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the denomination ONE RUPEE in two lines within an ornate oval cartouche formed by scrolling foliate and acanthus-style sprigs, designed by George Kruger Gray. The issuer name SEYCHELLES arcs across the upper legend, while the date is displayed in widely spaced digits along the lower portion of the field below the cartouche. The entire design is framed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | SEYCHELLES ONE RUPEE 1 9 6 0 |
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The transition from silver to copper-nickel for this denomination had already occurred under George VI, so by the time Elizabeth II's portrait replaced her father's, the coin was simply updated rather than redesigned from scratch. This first portrait — the young-queen effigy by Mary Gillick — was used across dozens of Commonwealth territories simultaneously, making it one of the most widely reproduced coin portraits of the twentieth century.
The issuing territory and near-identical span of dates to several neighboring Commonwealth rupee series makes attribution occasionally contentious without the reverse in hand.