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5 Rupees Oriental Bank Corporation

5 Rupees (Oriental Bank Corporation) - obverse

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Features

Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Issuing bank Oriental Bank Corporation
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Banknotes
Year 1866
Value 5 Rupees
Currency Rupee (1871-1972)
Composition Paper
Size 151 × 116 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
572833
References P# S141
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Blue print; black serial numbers.

British coat of arms at upper centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIVE
RUPEES
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
COLOMBO, CEYLON 15th March, 1866.
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promises to pay Bearer on demand
at their Office here FIVE RUPEES or the equivalent
in the Currency of the Island, Value received.
By Order of the Court of Directors
Entd _____ Accountt ______ Manager
Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate

Printer

Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins,Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
ND (1866)  P# S141p
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
Proof.
1866-Mar-15  P# S141a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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