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1000 Rupees

Issuer Bank of Mauritius
Year 2024
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Shape Rectangular
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Protection type Polymer substrate, Security thread, SPARK Flow PRIME optically variable element, Registration device
Protection description Polymer substrate providing inherent security; embedded security thread; SPARK Flow PRIME optically variable dodo egg element visible under tilt; spider conch shell registration device aligning obverse and reverse elements when held to light.
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Mauritius introduced polymer banknotes progressively from 2013, but the 1000-rupee denomination arriving on this substrate in 2024 marks a particularly late conversion for the island's highest-circulation high-value note. De La Rue's SPARK Flow PRIME element — a color-shifting, animated optical device — is among the more technically demanding security features currently in commercial deployment, and its inclusion here signals a deliberate upgrade in response to documented counterfeiting pressure on the previous cotton-paper series.

Pick 66A designation suggests an early signature variety within the issue, likely tied to a change in bank governor or finance minister signatories shortly after release.

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