2 Rixdollars
Features
| Location |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing institution | Government of Ceylon |
| King |
George III (1796-1820)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Years | 1820-1826 |
| Value | 2 Rixdollars |
| Currency | Rixdollar (1796-1828) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 179 × 103 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 1 September 1830 |
| Number | N# 572527 |
| References | P# 8 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Black print.
Seated Britannia within laurel wreath at upper left.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
පතාග දෙකයි
இறையால இரண்டு
COLOMBO 20 May 1820
The Government of Ceylon promise to pay
to the Bearer on demand the Sum of TWO
Rix Dollars in Copper Money at the Exchange
of Forty Eight Stivers for One Rix Dollar on
presenting this at the General Treasury.
RIX
DOLLARS
TWO
COLOMBO
Extd & Entd.
Translation: Two rixdollars.
Reverse
Blank.
Printer
Silvester & Company (Silvester & Co), London, United KingdomSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1820-May-20 | 
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Not listed in SCWPM. | |||||||||||||
| 1826-Nov-01 | |||||||||||||||
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