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50 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 50 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | At left centre, a circular guilloche vignette frames a profile portrait of King George VI facing left, set within an ornate scalloped border. The denomination numeral '50' appears in each corner, with elaborate guilloche latticework forming the overall border of the note. The issuing authority and legal tender inscription are printed in the right half of the note, with the Governor's manuscript signature and date appearing at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface, presenting a plain unprinted surface with no design elements, consistent with the uniface production of this issue. |
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The Government of Seychelles issued paper currency directly rather than through a chartered bank — an arrangement common to smaller Crown colonies where establishing a formal banking institution was impractical. This note belongs to a wartime series produced in London despite the Indian Ocean being an active theater of conflict, with supply lines to the islands severely disrupted after Japan's entry into the war in late 1941.
B. Mortimer served as Governor from 1936 to 1942, making this among the last issues bearing his signature before his departure from the colony.