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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1929-1939 |
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| Size | 136 × 88 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black and brown intaglio print on green, orange and lilac multicolour underprint. The note may present either a perforated or straight left edge. Denomination and issuer inscriptions are arranged across the face in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE RUPEES Colombo, 24th. July 1937. FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by a central oval vignette of a Ceylon elephant standing amid tall palm trees with mountains in the background, enclosed within an elaborate cartouche of guilloche scrollwork and floral ornaments that extends to all four corners of the note. |
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