50 Rupees

The Seychelles 50 Rupee note (Pick 13) spans what was effectively the final stretch of British colonial currency administration on the islands — from a period of sleepy Crown Colony governance into the early stirrings of political change that would culminate in independence in 1976. Julian Asquith, who signed two of the four dated issues as Governor, was the grandson of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into the First World War. His appointment to Seychelles was a fairly remote colonial posting by any measure.

Four distinct signature varieties exist across the series, making date and signatory identification essential to accurate cataloguing. The 1954 Addis signature is the scarcest.