10 Rupees

Issuer	Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China, Colombo
Year	1870
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Obverse description	Blue and brown bicolour note with the heading CEYLON BRANCH across the top in bold serif lettering, flanked by the denomination numerals 10 / RUPEES in ornate cartouches at left and right. A central vignette carries the Royal Arms supported by two lions, with the legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER in a circular surround above. The promise-to-pay text and place-date COLOMBO 1st Jany 1870 appear in letterpress across the middle register, above a large brown guilloche underprint bearing the words TEN RUPEES in block letters overprinted SPECIMEN. Sinhala and Tamil denomination inscriptions appear in the upper and lower borders.
Obverse lettering	CEYLON BRANCH INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK of INDIA, LONDON & CHINA COLOMBO 1st Jany 1870 TEN RUPEES SPECIMEN 10 RUPEES Entd ACCOUNT MANAGER
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Protection description	Intricate engine-turned guilloche patterns form the central oval and flanking circular medallions on the reverse, with additional guilloche underprint on the obverse beneath the denomination text.
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