10 Rupees

Issuer	Oriental Bank Corporation
Year	1870
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Black intaglio print on cream paper within a fine geometric border. The British Royal Arms vignette, supported by a lion and unicorn, is centered at the top with the inscription INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER arching above it; oval guilloche cartouches bearing the denomination TEN / 10 / RUPEES appear at upper left and right. The body of the note carries the issuer name THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION in bold letterpress above a hatched underprint panel containing the promise-to-pay text in script, with the place and date HALDAMULLE, CEYLON 1st Jan. 1870 above, and denomination and authorization lines below, flanked by printed signature roles.
Obverse lettering	රුපියල් දහය பத்துரூபாய் TEN RUPEES 10 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER HALDAMULLE, CEYLON 1st Jan. 1870 THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Branch here, or at their Bank in Colombo TEN RUPEES Value received. By order of the Court of Directors, Entd. Accountt. Agent. (Translation: Ten Rupees.)
Reverse description	Black intaglio print on plain paper, the design composed entirely of three large lathe-work guilloche rosettes arranged horizontally: a large central rosette of elaborate concentric geometric and floral patterns flanked by two smaller matching rosettes of quatrefoil form, all executed in fine engine-turned steel-plate engraving. The printer's imprint of Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London appears in small lettering at the lower centre.
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