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20 Sicca Rupees Calcutta Bank
| Issuer | Calcutta Bank |
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| Year | 1824-1829 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the issuer name 'Calcutta' at upper left, with the promise text panel flanked on either side by manuscript serial number panels. Above the promise text panel at right appears a manuscript date alongside the printed year '18xx'. The denomination is rendered in words and numerals in Bangla and Kaithi scripts, and in words only in Persian, above a central vignette, with a denomination panel at lower left; the note is completed by a manuscript authorising signature and the printed legend 'For the Calcutta Bank'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Promise to pay the bearer on demand Sicca Rupees Twenty For the Calcutta Bank. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central ornamental rectangular panel enclosing the legend 'Calcutta Bank' in Gothic lettering, surrounded by an elaborate engraved guilloche border with decorative rope-twist and rosette corner ornaments. |
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