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100 Rupees

Issuer Central Bank of Seychelles
Year 2013
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Reference(s) P#47
Obverse description Printed in dominant red tones, the obverse carries the Coat of Arms of Seychelles as the central vignette, flanked by a cartographic inset of the inner islands, a vignette of the Black-saddled Coral Grouper, and an illustration of the endemic pitcher plant (Nepenthes pervillei), all set against a complex guilloche underprint.
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Reverse description The reverse is composed in complementary tones and presents a vignette of a rocky shoreline, accompanied by illustrations of the Sooty Tern in flight and the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, with various endemic sea shells arranged as subsidiary design elements within a guilloche underprint.
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Thomas De La Rue has printed Seychelles currency for decades, and this 2013 issue continues that unbroken relationship — unusual for a small island nation that might otherwise have diversified its printing contracts as sovereignty assertions elsewhere prompted switches to regional or national printers. The Central Bank of Seychelles was established only in 1983, relatively late, and the note series it has issued since then reflects a consistent institutional conservatism: cotton substrate, De La Rue production, modest security specifications.

The P#47 designation places this within a short-run series. Seychelles' small population — under 100,000 — means print runs are limited, and even circulated examples from this issue don't surface frequently outside the Indian Ocean region.

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