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50 Rupees
| Issuer | Central Bank of Seychelles |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a vignette of a dimorphic egret (Madagascar pond heron) in the right foreground, rendered in fine intaglio detail against a multicolour guilloche background. To the left, the Victoria clock tower is depicted alongside a school of yellowfin tuna in an underwater vignette. The bank title in English and Creole is printed at the top, with the numeral 50 at upper right and the denomination in words at bottom left. |
| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF SEYCHELLES LABANK SANTRAL SESEL 50 FIFTY RUPEES |
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The 2004 series marked the Central Bank of Seychelles' transition away from the older design family that had served since the mid-1980s. Thomas De La Rue handled the contract, as they had for most Seychellois issues going back to independence — there was never any serious competition for the tender given the country's long-standing relationship with the printer.
P#39A distinguishes this issue from the later P#39B replacement, which introduced updated security features. The A variant's thread specification was considered insufficient against improving regional counterfeiting operations, prompting the revision within a few years of release.