Owner Comments:
Seychelles was British ruled for almost a century before they decided to introduce a local currency in 1914. 1939 was the first year when a one rupee coin was minted and remains the only silver rupee from the islands. This 50% silver coin matched the size, weight and purity specifications of the Indian rupee that was considered in late 1939 (but was not implemented in India until 1940) and has a mintage of 90,000. The lower silver content (than the prevailing 1939 British India rupee was attempted to prevent the export of these coins back to India. The Seychellois Rupee continues in use today. This is the top pop coin from PCGS (NGC does have eight graded as 64 and two 64+ grades)