The currency of
Mauritius Island is the rupee and it has for code MUR. The
abbreviation for rupee is RS or Rp. In the past Mauritius
was using as currency Indian rupee, Mauritian dollar and
sterling.
The
Mauritian rupee has been introduced in 1877. Seychelles
Island has been using Mauritian rupee until 1914, year
during which they replaced it by the Seychelles rupee.
The
banknotes of Mauritius are issued by the Bank of Mauritius.
In 1967 were issued the first Mauritian banknotes with four
notes: Rs50, Rs25, Rs10 and Rs5. Between 1967 and 1985 the
Bank of Mauritius made four issues.
There was a 5th
issue in 1985 with more banknotes which were as followed:
Rs1000, Rs500, Rs200, Rs100, Rs50, Rs20, Rs10 and Rs5.
These bank notes were kept until 1998, year in which a sixth
issue was made and in 1999 the seventh and last issue was
made.
Nowadays the bank notes of Mauritius are
as followed: Rs2000, Rs1000, Rs500, Rs200, Rs100, Rs50 and
Rs25.
Mauritius Rs
2000 Banknote
The two thousand rupee banknote has as
portrait Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and a bull and sugarcane
cart as vignette.
Mauritius Rs 1000 Banknote
On the one thousand rupee banknote you
can see as portrait Sir Gaetan Duval and as vignette the
State House.
Mauritius Rs 500 Banknote
On the five hundred rupee banknote, Mr
Sookdeo Bissoondoyal is shown as portrait and The University
of Mauritius as vignette.
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Mauritius Rs 200 Banknote
Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed is as portrait
on the two hundred rupee banknote and as vignette a
Mauritian Market.
Mauritius Rs 100 Banknote
Mr Renganaden Seeneevassen and the Court
House are respectively as portrait and vignette on the one
hundred rupee bank note.
Mauritius Rs 50 Banknote
Mr Joseph Maurice Paturau is as portrait
on the fifty rupee banknote and as vignette Le Caudan.
Mauritius Rs 25
Banknote
As portrait on the twenty five rupee
banknote is Sir Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen and Rodrigues as
vignette.
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