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5 Pounds Asiatic Banking Corporation

Issuer Asiatic Banking Corporation
Year 1865
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Currency Pound (1828-1869)
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Obverse description Black letterpress on orange guilloche underprint with multilingual inscriptions in Sinhala, Tamil, and English along borders. Central bank seal flanked by two oval "FIVE POUNDS" panels with wavy-line guilloche, above a bearer promise text in cursive script. Large numeral "5" watermark-style underprint at centre.
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Protection type Watermark
Protection description Curved ASIATIC above curved BANKING CORPORATION.
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