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5 Rupees Kandy; Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China |
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| Year | 1870-1873 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress and intaglio print on cream paper. The British Royal Arms vignette is engraved at top centre, encircled by the legend 'INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER', flanked by denomination panels in English, Sinhala, and Tamil script. A dense guilloche border frames the entire note, with the promise-to-pay text in copperplate script across the centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | CEYLON BRANCH රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் FIVE RUPEES INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER KANDY, 1st Nov. 1873 THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA Promises to pay the Bearer on demand here or at Colombo, FIVE RUPEES, Value received. By order of the Court of Directors, Entd. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER PERKINS, BACON & Co, LONDON. (Translation: Five rupees.) |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is plain unprinted paper, with faint offset ghosting of the obverse visible through the sheet. |
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