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Country: Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles
Capital: Victoria
Currency: Seychelles rupee
Numeric code: 690
Letter code: SCR
The Eastern coast of the African continent scattered group of Islands. 115 of them belong to the Republic under the name of Seychelles. The island capital of the Republic – the city of Victoria - stationed, of course, on the most notable of these is Mahe. Inhabited by a little more than thirty belonging to the Republic of the Islands. They inhabit almost 90 thousand people. The local population is occupied with tourism and fishing ocean inhabitants. Coconuts, bananas, vanilla and cinnamon exported by the state in various countries around the world.
Walking on the Islands is the Seychelles rupee, which equals one hundred cents. Catalogue of coins of the Seychelles are not too extensive: 5 and 1 rupees, plus bargaining 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents. The year of birth of local rupees is considered to be 1914. But this can only be said about the bills.
Coins came much later. The cost of the first coins of the Seychelles is highly significant. For example: the starting price of the coins of the Seychelles 1939 (during the reign of king George the sixth) begins with one and a half thousand roubles.
Buy modern coins of the Seychelles is not so onerous in monetary terms. All of these coins there is a local exotics: crabs, tuna, shells, parrots, palm trees and even the twigs of vanilla.
