5 Rixdollars
Features
| Location |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing institution | Government of Ceylon |
| King |
George III (1796-1820)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Years | 1809-1820 |
| Value | 5 Rixdollars |
| Currency | Rixdollar (1796-1828) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 188 × 114 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 1 September 1830 |
| Number | N# 572528 |
| References | P# 9 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 පහයි
இறையால ஐந்து
COLOMBO
The Government of Ceylon promise to pay
to the Bearer on demand the Sum of FIVE
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
Five
COLOMBO
Extd & Entd.
Translation: Five rixdollars.
Reverse
Blank.
Printer
Gale & Butler Engravers, London, United KingdomSee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1809-Jan-01 | |||||||||||||||
| 1809-Feb | |||||||||||||||
| 1820 | Not listed in SCWPM. | ||||||||||||||
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