Catalog
10 Shillings
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China, Kandy |
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| Year | 1864-1869 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | Brown and olive note with the heading CEYLON BRANCH at top within a fine guilloche border. The central vignette carries the royal coat of arms with supporters, inscribed INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER above, flanked by two oval TEN SHILLINGS cartouches with lathe-work surrounds. The denomination and branch name KANDY appear in bold letterpress, with the promise text and value TEN SHILLINGS rendered in italic script. Bilingual legends in Sinhala and Tamil appear along the upper and lower margins, with manuscript spaces for Accountant and Manager signatures; a large SPECIMEN overprint in green is applied diagonally across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Plain buff-toned paper reverse with a large central rectangular guilloche panel bearing the bold letterpress legend TEN SHILLINGS, surrounded by four symmetrically placed oval rosette medallions in the corners, all printed in tones of brown. A small printer's imprint appears at the lower centre. The design is spare and uncluttered, relying entirely on fine engine-turned lathe work for its decorative effect. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN SHILLINGS Printed Perkins Bacon & Company London Patent Stereotype Steel Plate |
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