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20 Cents Pattern
| Issuer | Mauritius |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 20 Cents |
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| Obverse description | Three-quarter right-facing effigy of Dr. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, wearing spectacles and a suit with tie, rendered in moderate relief. The portrait occupies the central field, with the circumferential legend reading 'DR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR SEEWOOSAGUR RAMGOOLAM KT' distributed around the periphery within a beaded border. The bust is unadorned and presented in a naturalistic, contemporary style befitting a post-independence commemorative issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | DR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR SEEWOOSAGUR RAMGOOLAM KT |
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Pattern coins struck for Mauritius in 1998 are generally associated with the Bank of Mauritius's periodic reviews of the circulating coinage program. Aluminium was being evaluated across several small-denomination proposals during this period as the island nation weighed production costs against durability — aluminium ultimately lost out to the copper-clad steel that entered circulation.
Confirmed mintage figures for this pattern have not been formally published, which is not unusual for Bank of Mauritius trial pieces of this era.