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25 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st portrait
| Issuer | Seychelles |
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| Year | 1954-1974 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1914-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 25 CENTS is displayed prominently in the centre of the field within an ornamental scrollwork cartouche designed by George Kruger Gray, with the numeral 25 above the word CENTS. The issuer name SEYCHELLES arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised lettering, while the date appears in the lower segment of the field below the cartouche. A fine beaded border runs along the rim. |
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The Seychelles remained a British Crown Colony throughout this coin's entire production run, administered from London with negligible local monetary autonomy. The rupee-based decimal system in use here was a colonial inheritance from the Indian Ocean trade networks Britain sought to control, not a local initiative. When the Seychelles moved toward independence in the early 1970s, this portrait series was already being phased out — the 2nd portrait coinage arrived just as sovereignty negotiations accelerated toward the 1976 independence declaration.