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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Seychelles |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1914-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green and black on red-brown underprint, uniface. A profile portrait of King George VI appears at left, with the denomination and issuing authority inscribed at right. The Governor's signature and date of issue are rendered beneath the central text panel. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted; the reverse is entirely blank, consistent with the uniface production of this issue. |
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The Government of Seychelles issued this note under wartime emergency conditions, when normal currency supply chains across the Indian Ocean were severely disrupted. Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London despite the logistical difficulties of the period — shipping finished notes to a remote colonial dependency during active hostilities was itself a minor operation.
Pick 8 is scarce in any grade. Wartime issues from small colonial dependencies rarely survive in quantity; local populations had little reason to preserve them, and post-war redemption programs absorbed much of the remainder.