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10 Rupees Oriental Bank Corporation
| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 COLOMBO THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER රුපියල් දහයයි பத்துரூபாய் Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Office here TEN RUPEES value received. COLOMBO By Order of the Court of Directors ENTD. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER. CEYLON BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON (Translation: Ten rupees.) |
| Reverse description | Red and blue guilloche print; two mirrored female portrait vignettes face each other at left and right within ornate lathe-work frames, with the numeral 10 at centre and in each corner. Bilingual denomination inscriptions in Sinhala and Tamil appear on the respective sides. |
| Reverse lettering | 10 TEN රුපියල් දහයයි பத்துரூபாய் (Translation: Ten rupees.) |
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