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50 Rupees Conservation
| Issuer | Seychelles |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#39, Schön#39a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 RUPEES |
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Issued the year Seychelles celebrated its third anniversary of independence, this 50 Rupee piece was part of a wave of conservation-themed silver coinage produced by newly independent nations in the late 1970s, many of them coordinated through the WWF and IUCN's joint push to fund wildlife protection via collector markets. The Franklin Mint handled production for numerous such programs, though attribution for this specific strike should be confirmed against mint records.
Seychelles was an early signatory to CITES in 1977, giving the conservation framing genuine policy weight rather than mere promotional gloss.