Currency history
Mauritian rupee
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- MUR
- Ancestry branch
- Indian rupee
Its place in the family
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Mauritian rupee
This currencyChildren 1
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Mauritian rupee
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Indian rupee
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
Calcutta sicca rupee
Mughal rupee–dam accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
An Order in Council made the rupee the sole legal tender in Mauritius from 1876, according to the issuer's museum history. [1]
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“Mauritian rupee.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-13; data version v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000293.html