5 Rupees

Issuer	Oriental Bank Corporation
Year	1869-1894
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Black letterpress and intaglio print on plain paper, framed by an ornate guilloche border; the British Royal Arms vignette at top centre, flanked by lion and unicorn supporters beneath a crown, carries the arched inscription INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, while oval denomination cartouches reading FIVE RUPEES with Sinhala and Tamil legends occupy the upper corners. The issuer's name, THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, is set in bold letterpress within a dark central panel, below which the promise-to-pay text, the branch place and date line, and the signatory rules are rendered in cursive script.
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Protection type	Guilloche
Protection description	Intricate engine-turned circular guilloche rosette on reverse, composed of seven interlocking medallions with concentric fine-line patterns serving as an anti-counterfeiting device.
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