Mauritius: Rupee

100 Cents = 1 Rupee

20 Cents

  Years: 1987-2010
Metal: Nickel plated Steel
Weight: 3 gm
Diameter: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.65 mm

Obverse features the portrait of DR. The Right Honourable Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam KT.

Ramgoolam served as Chief Minister from 1961 to 1968, Prime Minister from 1968 until 1982 and lastly as Governor General from 1983 to 1985. He is known as the "Father of the Nation". Amidst much decolonisation, he led Mauritius to independence from the United Kingdom in 1968.

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