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10 Rupees Galle; Oriental Bank Corporation
| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1866-1867 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper. The British Royal Arms vignette is centred at top, flanked by two oval guilloche panels each inscribed 'TEN RUPEES / 10'. Bilingual inscriptions in Sinhala and Tamil appear above the arms, with the issuer name and promise-to-pay text in English below, all within a fine engraved border. |
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| Reverse description | Black intaglio print. The reverse is laid out with three guilloche rosette panels arranged across the face, providing ornamental security against counterfeiting, enclosed within an engraved outer border. |
| Reverse lettering | Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate. |
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