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10 Shillings Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China |
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| Year | 1857 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress print. Central vignette of a front-facing seated Britannia holding a spear and shield, with a lion at left and a crown and anchor at right; sailing ships and a tree appear in the background. Trilingual text panel below in English, Sinhala, and Tamil. |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress print. The reverse is dominated by a large horizontal elongated guilloche medallion centrally placed, with fine lathe-work rosettes at each end and intricate foliate scroll borders surrounding the entire composition. The bank name is inscribed across three registers within and around the guilloche. |
| Reverse lettering | CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA Batho & Co London |
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