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5 Rupees Jaffna; Oriental Bank Corporation

5 Rupees (Jaffna; Oriental Bank Corporation) - obverse

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Features

Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Issuing bank Oriental Bank Corporation
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1864
Value 5 Rupees
Currency Rupee (1871-1972)
Composition Paper
Size 155 × 115 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
573165
References P# S156
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Black print.

British arms at top centre.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
රුපියල් පහයි
ஐந்து ரூபாய்
FIVE
RUPEES
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
JAFFNA, CEYLON 15th, Feby 1864.
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promise to pay the Bearer on demand
at their Branch here, or at their Bank
in Colombo FIVE RUPEES or the equivalent
in the Currency of this Island. Value received.
By order of the Court of Directors,
Entd. Accountt. Agent.
Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate.

Translation: Five rupees.

Reverse

Black print.

Guilloche at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering: Perkins, Bacon & Co, 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
1864-Feb-15 

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