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5 Pounds Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China |
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| Year | 1864-1869 |
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| Size | 208 x 113 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on white paper with a red underprint; the British Royal Arms vignette is centred at top, flanked by the word FIVE in ornate panels at left and right and by sunburst rosettes. The denomination FIVE POUNDS appears in large bold letters across the centre, with the promise-to-pay text in English and trilingual legends in Sinhala and Tamil along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Reverse description | Entirely in green intaglio print; a large central oval guilloche medallion bearing the numeral 5 is flanked by two smaller circular guilloche rosettes, all set within a plain border. The overall design is engine-turned throughout, with no additional vignette or text save the printer's imprint at the base. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 PERKINS BACON & Co, LONDON |
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