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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4426670, member: 102103&quot;]Day 41:&nbsp; George VI Seychelles Half Rupee, 1939</p><p>I didn&#039;t know too much about the Seychelles when I got this, but a bit of trivia:</p><p>The Seychelles is one of the smallest political units by population to have its own independent currency.&nbsp; The total population is only about 97K.</p><p>The mintages for many of the coins is accordingly tiny.&nbsp; I think the silver half rupee is a single year type for 1939, with <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26174.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26174.html" rel="nofollow">36,000</a> mintage.&nbsp; In spite of that, prices are mostly quite modest.&nbsp; This one was about $10 and is 0.500 fineness silver.</p><p>The Seychelles seems to have issued its own money in response to European wars disrupting trade.&nbsp; Banknotes started in 1914, and the first Seychelles-labeled coinage started in 1939.&nbsp; I believe they were made at the Royal Mint, though.</p><p>The only circulating silver coinage for the Seychelles was the 25 cents, half rupee and rupee, issued between 1939 and 1944.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1109193[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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