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1000 Rupees Independence
| Issuer | Seychelles |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 RUPEES INDEPENDENCE 1976 |
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Issued to mark Seychelles independence from Britain on June 29, 1976, this coin was part of a multi-denomination commemorative gold program released by the newly sovereign republic. The Seychelles had been a British Crown Colony since 1810, ceded by France following the Napoleonic Wars — a transfer that left the islands with a distinctly Franco-Creole culture that persisted well past the political handover to London.
The .917 fineness places it in the traditional 22-karat crown gold standard, the same alloy used for British sovereigns — a detail unlikely to be coincidental for a newly independent former British territory.