10 Rupees Badulla; Oriental Bank Corporation
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Oriental Bank Corporation |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Year | 1881 |
| Value | 10 Rupees |
| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 197 × 122 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 572826 |
Obverse
Black print; red underprint.
Allegorical enthroned woman with lions at left. Bust of Mercury holding caduceus at right. British coat of arms at upper centre.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
10
BADULLA
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
රුපියල් දහයයි பத்துரூபாய்
Promise to pay the Bearer on
demand at their Office here
FIVE RUPEES value received.
BADULLA, 1st January 1881
By Order of the Court of Directors
ENTD. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER.
CEYLON
BRADBURY WILLKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON
Translation: Ten rupees.
Reverse
Red and blue print.
Woman head at left and right facing each other.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
10
TEN
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்துரூபாய்
Translation: Ten rupees.
Watermark
Arched ORIENTAL BANK above arched CORPORATION.
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1881-Jan-01 | Not listed in SCWPM. | ||||||||||||||
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