10 Rupees

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.