Catalogus
| Uitgever | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China, Kandy |
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| Jaar | 1870 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in blue on white cotton paper, the obverse bears the heading CEYLON BRANCH at top centre, with Tamil and Sinhala script inscriptions flanking the denomination numerals 10 / RUPEES in ornamental cartouches at upper left and right. A central royal arms vignette carries the legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, with the place and date KANDY 1st Jan. 1870 below. The bank's full title THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LONDON & CHINA appears in bold letterpress across the centre, above a large guilloche underprint bearing the word TEN in rust-brown overprint, with manuscript promise text and the authorisation BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS; a bold red SPECIMEN overprint is applied diagonally across the lower portion. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse mirrors the obverse layout, printed in blue with the CEYLON BRANCH heading at top and Tamil and Sinhala script denomination inscriptions flanking the 10 / RUPEES cartouches at upper left and right. The central royal arms vignette with INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER and the full bank title are repeated, above the large guilloche underprint with the rust-brown TEN overprint. The SPECIMEN overprint and the manuscript promise text are again present, indicating this side served as the back of the specimen trial. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | CEYLON BRANCH INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 10 RUPEES KANDY 1st Jan. 1870 THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LONDON & CHINA TEN RUPEES BY ORDER OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS SPECIMEN |
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