Catalog
5 Rupees
| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1873 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress and intaglio print on plain paper with a guilloche border frame. The Royal Arms vignette is centred at top, flanked by two circular denomination cartouches inscribed FIVE RUPEES with Sinhala and Tamil legends above. The promise-to-pay text block is set within a decorative panel below the issuer's name. |
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| Obverse lettering | රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் FIVE RUPEES INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER KANDY, CEYLON THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Branch here, or at their Bank in Colombo FIVE RUPEES or the equivalent in the Currency of this Island. Value received. By order of the Court of Directors, Entd. Accountt. Manager |
| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, showing only the offset impression of the obverse printing visible through the paper. |
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