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10 Rupees Oriental Bank Corporation
| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1864-1877 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Steel-engraved intaglio print in black on white paper, with a fine guilloche border frame. The Royal Arms of Great Britain — lion and unicorn supporters flanking the crowned shield with motto DIEU ET MON DROIT — appears as a central vignette at top, with denomination counters in oval frames at upper left and right. The promise-to-pay text is set within a guilloche panel across the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | රුපියල් දහය பத்துரூபாய் TEN RUPEES 10 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER BADULLA, CEYLON 2nd April 1877 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 | Reverse is blank, with faint show-through of the obverse intaglio impression visible on the plain white paper stock. |
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