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500 Rupees
| Issuer | Bank of Mauritius |
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| Year | 2013-2022 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1835-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF MAURITIUS Rs 500 FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES இந்நோட்டு ரூபாய் पाँच सौ रुपये MR SOOKDEO BISSOONDOYAL 1908-1977 FIRST DEPUTY GOVERNOR GOVERNOR SECOND DEPUTY GOVERNOR |
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| Protection description | Transparent polymer window incorporating a colour-shifting dodo bird vignette; the numeral; head of dodo watermark |
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| Comments |
Mauritius moved to polymer for this denomination as part of a broader regional shift — several small island economies adopted polymer substrate in the 2010s precisely because high humidity and coastal salt air destroy cotton-fibre notes with unusual speed. The practical argument was economic: polymer lasts roughly two to three times longer in tropical circulation, offsetting the higher unit cost.
De La Rue's polymer work for this series uses a clear window integrated into the substrate itself rather than applied as a patch — a distinction that matters for authentication. The colour-shifting ink element targets the higher-denomination forgery risk that the 500-rupee note naturally attracts in a country where that figure represents meaningful daily purchasing power.