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10 Rupees
| Issuer | Republic of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President James Richard Mancham at right, set within fine guilloche underprint, with a vignette of tropical flowers at centre and a conch shell at lower left. The green banner at top carries the inscription "REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES" with the denomination "TEN RUPEES" below, and the title "MINISTER FOR FINANCE" above the facsimile signature. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Seychelles gained independence from Britain on 29 June 1976, and this note belongs to the first issue released under the newly constituted Republic — a deliberate break from the colonial Currency Board series that had governed the territory's paper money since 1914. Bradbury Wilkinson handled the printing, as they did for a substantial portion of Britain's departing colonial territories during the 1970s decolonization wave.
The series was short-lived. A coup in June 1977 brought France-Albert René to power, and a redesigned issue followed within a few years, making the 1976 independence notes a genuinely brief chapter in the currency record.