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10 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue on multicolour underprint, the reverse is dominated by a detailed vignette of the Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) in Kandy, rendered with fine engraved linework against a lightly tinted background. Denomination numerals "10" appear at upper left and right within guilloche panels, with Sinhalese and Tamil script value inscriptions in cartouches at lower left and right. The legend "TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH" is inscribed below the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Ceylon's wartime currency arrangements were complicated by the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and the subsequent threat of Japanese naval operations in the Indian Ocean. Notes printed in London by De La Rue had to be pre-positioned across the island well ahead of any potential disruption to supply lines, and the 1941 series was part of that forward planning.
The Government of Ceylon — rather than a central bank — remained the direct issuing authority, a colonial arrangement that would persist until the Central Bank of Ceylon was established in 1950.