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25 Rupees Foundation of the Commonwealth
| Issuer | Central Bank of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 25 Rupees |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a central motif of a royal crown rendered in high relief, surrounded by a radiating arrangement of national flags of Commonwealth member states, their staffs converging behind the crown in a fan-like composition. Stars accent the upper arc of the flag arrangement. The legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER curves along the upper periphery, with FOUNDATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH inscribed in a secondary arc within the design. The date 1926 appears below the central motif, and the denomination TWENTY-FIVE RUPEES is inscribed along the lower periphery, the entire design struck in proof quality against a mirror field. |
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The Commonwealth of Nations had little obvious relevance to the Seychelles' founding moment — the islands were a British crown colony until 1976, and membership followed independence almost automatically. The 1996 issue marks the organization's 50th anniversary, dated from the 1949 London Declaration that transformed the British Commonwealth into its modern, republic-inclusive form. That declaration was itself a pragmatic fix for India's impending republican status, which would otherwise have forced its expulsion under older membership rules.