Catalog
10 Rupees
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China, Colombo |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Reference(s) | P#121AA |
| 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. |
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| 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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