The Mauritian rupee (sign: Re (singular) and Rs (plural); ISO code: MUR; pronounced [ʁupi]) is the currency of Mauritius.

In 1877, coins for 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 cents were introduced, with the lower three denominations in copper and the higher two in silver.

This set has Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and a range of heraldic motives on the reverse.

In 1987, a new series of coins was introduced which, for the first time, did not feature the portrait of the monarch (Mauritius did not become a republic until 1992) but that of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam.

This coinage consisted of copper-plated-steel 1c and 5c (the 5c was substantially reduced in size), nickel-plated-steel 20c and Re.

The first banknotes were issued by the government dated 1876 in denominations of Rs.

50/-, all undated and featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.

Over the years, some denominations were revised with new signatures of the Bank's Governor and managing director but were otherwise unchanged.

In 1985, the Bank of Mauritius issued a completely new set of banknotes of Rs.

A close study of these banknotes reveals an interesting array of subsets which were printed by two banknote printing companies (Bradbury Wilkinson and Thomas de La Rue).

In 1998, The Bank of Mauritius made a new issue of banknotes consisting of 7 denominations, viz.

All the banknotes of this issue were printed in England by Thomas de la Rue Limited.

These first banknotes were withdrawn from circulation in June 1999 following controversies due to the ordering of the text (English, Sanskrit, Tamil) as the Tamil population is said to have arrived in Mauritius prior to the North Indian community affiliated with Hindi.

The Bank of Mauritius made its latest issue of banknotes, which is still current, after June 1999.

Each denomination bears a hand engraved portrait of a prominent Mauritian figure, which appears on the left.

There is also a drawing of the Bank of Mauritius building and a portrayal of the statue of justice in the background of each of the denominations in the centre of the note.

The value of the note is in the top-right corner with the "Rs" symbol in front the value.

On top of the numerical value on the left side is the serial number of the note.

Each denomination carries a different vignette, depicting various aspects of Mauritius.

The Tamil and Gujarati numerical value of the note can be found on the right side of the bottom of the vignette.

1,000/- banknotes Hologram containing images of the dodo and the denomination on the Rs.

500/- banknote and the Bank of Mauritius tower and the denomination on the Rs.

500/- banknotes Revised security features and the change of material from paper to polymer.

2,000/- banknote Revised security features and the change of material from paper to polymer.