Date: 1998
Colour: Black, violet and brown on multicolor underprint
Mauritius P42-48 have been withdrawn and replaced with P49-55.
Traditionally, the order of the languages are English, Tamil, and Hindi. On October 18, 1998, the Central Bank of Mauritius released a new series of banknotes with Hindi before Tamil. The reason for the change in the order was because the Tamil text would have encroached on the portrait of Sir Moilin Jean Ah-Chuen on the 25-rupee note if it remained in its original position on the note.
Thousands of Tamils protested with the Tamil community claimed precedence on the banknotes based on traditional practices and claims to having arrived on the island prior to the members of the Hindi community.
On November 18, one month after the release of the new banknotes, the government of Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam asked the central bank to withdraw the notes from circulation. The Bank of Mauritius complied, representing a victory for the Tamils. The reprinting of the banknotes cost more than 2 million USD. Central bank governor Daneshwar Maraye and director-general Bud Gujudhur both resigned.
Front: Sir M. J. Ah-chuen at left, arms at lower left, building façades at center, standing Justice with scales at lower right in underprint. Ascending size serial number. Value of 25 Rupees written in the English, Hindi and Tamil.
Back: Building façade at center, worker at right.
Watermark: Dodo bird's head.
UV: value 25 in box fluoresces yellow, left design faint yellow.
Printer: Unknown
Size:
Varieties
a. Issued note
Catalog Value:
a. UNC -
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