Catalog
5 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 5 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream note of simple typographic design, with the issuer title 'The Government of Seychelles' in Gothic lettering across the top. The denomination 'Rs. 5 — FIVE RUPEES — Rs. 5' is set in large bold type at centre, flanked by the promise-to-pay text above and the date 'Seychelles, 20th June, 1942' at lower left. Serial numbers appear at upper left and upper right, with a manuscript signature above the title 'Governor' at lower right in red ink. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is plain and unprinted. |
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Wartime issue, printed in India under emergency arrangements as the Seychelles — then a British Crown Colony — could not reliably source notes through normal channels with the Indian Ocean under active threat. The Government of Seychelles series from this period was produced at the Security Printing Press in Nasik Road, a facility otherwise occupied with British Indian military currency demands.
Pick 5A is distinguished from the related 5B by its signature combination. Surviving examples are genuinely uncommon; the small colonial population meant print runs were modest, and tropical storage conditions in the islands were hard on paper stock.