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| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on pink underprint; allegorical enthroned woman flanked by lions at left, bust of Mercury with caduceus at right, and the British Royal coat of arms at upper centre. Bilingual text in Sinhala and Tamil script appears below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Red and blue print with an elaborate guilloche underprint; two facing female portrait vignettes at left and right, with Sinhala and Tamil denomination inscriptions in the central panel. Numeral 5 appears in ornamental roundels at all four corners. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 FIVE රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் (Translation: Five rupees.) |
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