10 Cents - Victoria

Mauritius in the 1870s operated under a dual currency headache: the rupee system had replaced the old dollar-based coinage in 1877, and this 10-cent piece was part of that transitional decimal framework aligned to Indian monetary conventions — a reflection of the island's administrative ties to British India rather than to British sterling. The Royal Mint in London struck these throughout the series run, shipping them to an island economy still heavily dependent on sugar plantation labor following emancipation decades prior.

KM#10 is occasionally found with die-clash artifacts, a consequence of low-volume runs that did not justify frequent die replacement.