Catalog
10 Rupees / Roupi
| Issuer | Central Bank of Seychelles / Labank Santral Sesel |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by the bold blue and green multicolour design with the Central Bank of Seychelles coat of arms at the upper left and a vignette of a coco de mer palm with hanging fruit at centre-right. A large intaglio vignette of a clown triggerfish occupies the lower left quadrant, set against a pale guilloche underprint incorporating a map of the Seychelles archipelago. The denomination '10' appears in large numerals at lower left and upper right, with the issuer name 'CENTRAL BANK OF SEYCHELLES / LABANK SANTRAL SESEL' and denomination legend 'DIS ROUPI / TEN RUPEES' inscribed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in blue and olive tones, centred on a large intaglio vignette of a green sea turtle in the right half of the note, with a secondary vignette of two white fairy terns perched on a coco de mer nut at centre-left. A circular gold-toned emblem incorporating a hawksbill turtle appears at the left, set within a fine guilloche underprint. The issuer name 'CENTRAL BANK OF Seychelles / LABANK SANTRAL SESEL' is inscribed across the top, with the denomination '10 / TEN RUPEES' at lower left and upper right. |
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The 2013 series marked a significant reorientation for Seychellois currency design, commissioned as part of a broader rebrand of the Central Bank's public identity following the 2008–2010 economic crisis that forced the IMF to intervene and the rupee to be floated freely after decades of fixed exchange control. De La Rue's London facility handled production, as it has for the Seychelles across multiple series.
P#42 carries a relatively modest security specification for its era — watermark and thread only, without the foil patches or color-shifting ink found on higher denominations of the same issue.