Catalog
50 Cents
| Issuer | Government of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | The Government of Seychelles Promises to pay the Bearer the sum of 50 CENTS on Demand at the Treasury, Mahé Seychelles, 10th November, 1919. |
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| Protection description | Large impressed dry seal of the Government of Seychelles applied to the left portion of the note. |
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The Government of Seychelles issued currency directly rather than through a chartered bank — an arrangement common to small British crown colonies where the transaction volume never justified a full banking infrastructure. This 50 Cents note from 1919 belongs to an extremely limited series that predates the later colonial currency board issues, and surviving examples are genuinely rare. The embossed seal was the primary authentication device, a method already considered outdated by metropolitan standards at the time of issue.