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25 Rupees - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Conservation
| Issuer | Bank of Mauritius |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1835-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after Arnold Machin's second portrait, depicting the Queen with an elaborate tiara and flowing hair. The truncated bust is rendered in high relief with fine detail to the hair and jewellery. The circular legend reads 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND' along the upper periphery, with the date '1975' positioned at the lower right. The field is plain, and the design is framed by a continuous inner beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND 1975 |
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Issued as part of a global wave of conservation-themed coinage promoted by the World Wildlife Fund and various development bodies in the mid-1970s, this piece was one of dozens of similar issues produced across Commonwealth nations during that period. Mauritius was a particularly apt participant — the island's ecological history is defined by extinction, most notoriously that of the dodo, driven to oblivion within a century of European contact.
The .500 fineness places it among the lower-silver commemoratives of the decade, a common cost-containment decision as silver prices climbed toward the end of the Bretton Woods era's long aftermath.