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Mauritius’s story in paper money starts with private banking. The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), founded in 1838, supplied the island’s first widely recognized banknotes during its early British administration. Between 1839 and 1843 the bank issued a short series engraved in London by Myers Frs. & Co., showing the Port Louis harbor—sailing ships, warehouses, and a neoclassical façade—framing a trade economy linking Africa and Asia. Unusual for the period, the notes were dual-currency: values printed as Dollars on the face and their Pounds Sterling equivalents on the back, a practical bridge from regional silver to British bookkeeping.

Surviving examples fall into two groups. Issued notes are hand-numbered, signed, dated, and often stamped CANCELLED upon redemption—scarce today and usually well-worn. Remainders are unsigned archival stock retained by the bank or printer; these can appear in higher grade and help document design intent and paper. Later, government issues such as the ND (1940) series (Waterlow & Sons) formalized rupee currency for the colony. The selection below illustrates this arc—from private dual-currency banknotes to official state printings—without repeating card-level text. Use filters to pivot by year, type, or denomination.

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Mauritius 1839 Mauritius Commercial Bank 20 Dollars / 4 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled

Mauritius 1839 - Mauritius Commercial Bank 20 Dollars / 4 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled Note (Pick S125)

Myers Frs. & Co. represents the earliest wave of London engravers to supply the island, preceding Waterlow, Perkins Bacon, and De La Rue. Their Mauritius output was limited, and very few printed notes from this early period survive in any condition. The combination of early date, high denomination, full issuance, and complete cancellation marks places this note among the most critical documents of the island’s monetary origins. Read more →

MauritiusIssued & Cancelled Note183920 Dollars / 4 Pounds SterlingFine–Very Fine (Issued & Cancelled) Issued NoteCancelled20 Dollars4 PoundsColonial CurrencyDual-CurrencyMyers Frs & CoEngraved Security PrintingMauritius Commercial BankEarly Mauritius BankingColonial Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote EraPort Louis Harbor VignetteBritish Colonial Finance19th Century BanknotesRedemption and Cancellation NotesMauritiusPort Louis1839Museum GradeR8 Extremely Rare
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Mauritius 1842 Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled

Mauritius 1842 - Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Issued & Cancelled (Pick S122a)

As a complete, fully signed, dual-currency $10 / £2 note dated 1842, this specimen stands as one of the most historically significant pieces of the Mauritius Commercial Bank’s first decade. It is a primary reference for researchers tracing the origin of Mauritius’s dual-currency monetary structure and one of the island’s earliest surviving pieces of private-issued colonial paper money. Read more →

MauritiusIssued & Cancelled Note184210 Dollars / 2 Pounds SterlingFine–Very Fine (Issued & Cancelled) Issued NoteCancelled10 Dollars2 PoundsDual-CurrencyColonial CurrencyMyers Frs & CoEngraved Security PrintingMauritius Commercial BankEarly Mauritius BankingColonial Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote EraPort Louis Harbor VignetteBritish Colonial Finance19th Century BanknotesRedemption and Cancellation NotesMauritiusPort Louis1842Museum GradeR6 Extremely Rare
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Mauritius 1843 Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Remainder, PMG 50 NET

Mauritius 1843 - Mauritius Commercial Bank 10 Dollars / 2 Pounds Sterling Remainder (Pick S122r)

As an unissued remainder, this note was never completed with manuscript signatures, serials, or cashier validations. Instead, it shows wide margins, crisp plate detail, and period ink burn caused by iron-gall annotations during internal inventorying at the bank or printer. The 'ink burn' noted by PMG is a natural oxidation effect from 19th-century ink formulas and is frequently found on surviving remainders from Mauritius and other tropical colonies where humidity accelerated the chemical reaction. Read more →

MauritiusRemainder184310 Dollars / 2 Pounds SterlingPMG 50 NET (Ink Burn) Remainder10 Dollars2 PoundsDual-CurrencyColonial CurrencyMyers Frs & CoEngraved Security PrintingInk BurnMauritius Commercial BankEarly Mauritius BankingColonial Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote EraPort Louis Harbor VignetteBritish Colonial Finance1840s Currency Reform19th Century BanknotesMauritiusPort Louis1843PMG 50Museum GradeR6 Extremely RareAnnotationsHandwritten Annotations
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Mauritius ND (1940) Government of Mauritius 1 Rupee uncut pair remainder, Pick 26r1 (remainder of Pick 26), PMG 55 EPQ Top Pop with crisp green and rose print and punch cancels

Mauritius 1940 - Government of Mauritius 1 Rupee Uncut Pair Remainder (Pick 26r1)

Diagnostics include the sharply defined green guilloché within the Re.1 value counters and surrounding ornamental borders, the rose duty-tint underlying the principal design, the detailed Mauritian heraldic panel with dodo and sambar deer supporters, the engraved King George VI portrait, four clean circular punch cancellations, the absence of issued numbering and signatures, the intact gutter between the two impressions, and the broad surviving upper sheet margin. Together these characteristics identify the object not simply as two examples of the 1 Rupee design, but as a connected remainder section retaining features of its original production format. Read more →

MauritiusRemainder Proof19401 Rupee (Uncut Pair)PMG 55 EPQ About Uncirculated (Top Pop) MauritiusGovernment of MauritiusBritish MauritiusMauritius BanknoteMauritius CurrencyMauritius Paper MoneyColonial MauritiusBritish ColonyBritish Colonial CurrencyBritish Colonial BanknoteColonial BanknoteColonial CurrencyColonial Paper Money1 RupeeOne RupeeRupeeRe.11940NDND 1940Pick 26r1Pick 26RemainderRemainder NoteRemainder BanknoteUncut RemainderUncut PairUncut BanknotesUncut NotesUncut SheetUncut Sheet PairConnected PairVertical PairProduction MaterialPrinting MaterialBanknote ProductionSecurity PrintingProduction SheetSheet MarginSheet LayoutOriginal Sheet MarginUnsignedUnnumberedUnsigned RemainderUnnumbered RemainderPunch CancelledPunch CancellationCircular Punch CancelPunch CancelCancelled RemainderFour Punch CancelsGovernment IssueGovernment NoteCommissioners of CurrencyOffice of the Commissioners of CurrencyPort LouisMauritius Coat of ArmsCoat of ArmsMauritius ArmsDodoDodo BanknoteSambar DeerSambar Deer BanknoteHeraldryMauritian HeraldryKing George VIGeorge VIKing George VI BanknoteRoyal PortraitPortrait BanknoteSailing ShipPalm TreesKey and StarStella Clavisque Maris IndiciGreen and RoseGreen BanknoteRose UnderprintGuillocheGuilloche BanknoteSecurity DesignMultilingual BanknoteMultilingual CurrencyLondon PrintingColonial Contract PrintingTop PopPMG Top PopPMG 55 EPQPMG 55About UncirculatedEPQOriginal Paper Quality
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