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| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1881-1884 |
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| Value | 10 Rupees |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 GALLE THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER රුපියල්දහයයි பத்துரூபாய் Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Office here or at their bank in Colombo TEN RUPEES value received. GALLE 1st December 1883. By Order of the Court of Directors ENTD. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER. CEYLON BRADBURY WILLKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON (Translation: Ten rupees.) |
| Reverse description | Red and blue print; two female heads in profile as vignettes at left and right, facing inward toward each other. Denomination rendered in numeral and word form with Sinhala and Tamil script equivalents. |
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| Protection description | Arched ORIENTAL BANK above arched CORPORATION |
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