Seychelles new 500-rupee note (B423a) confirmed

Like B422, but without Optics security thread.

B423 (PNL): 500 rupees (US$36)
Tan, red, and brown. Front: Creole, English, and French text; five coco-de-mer nuts; Depth Image hologram coat of arms; Catkin flowers; holographic foil stripe with sea turtle swimming in waves; Seychelles Kestrel (Katiti / Crécerelle des Seychelles) bird on branch; Horne’s pandanus; denomination as registration device. Back: Creole, English, and French text; Seychelles Tiger Chameleon (Kanmeleon / Caméléon tigre des Seychelles) in gold-to-green SPARK; Wild Bilimbi flowers; insects; Seychelles scops-owl (Syer / Petit duex sciour) bird on branch; gold iridescent stripe with 500 and owl pattern. Windowed security thread with Seychelles Vinegar Flies, 500, and BIGAY BWA TORTI pattern. Watermark: Seychelles Kestrel, electrotype 500 / Seychelles, and Cornerstones. Printer: (De La Rue). 144 x 72 mm. Paper.
a. 2025. Sig. 5: Abel. Prefix CA, CB. Intro: 00.12.2025.

Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.

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