10 Rupees Galle; Oriental Bank Corporation

Obverse

Black print; orange 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
GALLE
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
රුපියල්දහයයි பத்துரூபாய்
Promise to pay the Bearer on
demand at their Office here
or at their bank in Colombo
TEN RUPEES value received.
GALLE 1st December 1883.
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
රුපියල්දහයයි
பத்துரூபாய்

Translation: Ten rupees.

Watermark

Arched ORIENTAL BANK above arched CORPORATION

Printer

See also

• Cat or feline
• Mythology
• Allegory

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
1881-Jan-01											P# S152a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1883-Jan-01												Not listed in SCWPM.
1883-Dec-01												Specimen. Not listed in SCWPM.
1884-Jan-01											P# S152b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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