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50 Pounds Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China |
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| Year | 1864-1869 |
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| Size | 178 x 114 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on blue underprint; the British Royal Arms vignette at top centre flanked by two oval guilloche panels bearing the numeral 50, with the denomination repeated as a large blue underprint word across the centre. Multilingual inscriptions in English, Sinhala, and Tamil appear in the margins, with the issuing bank's name and promise-to-pay text in letterpress below. |
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| Reverse description | Black intaglio print on plain paper; a large central guilloche rosette flanked symmetrically by two smaller quatrefoil guilloche medallions each enclosing the numeral 50, the whole surrounded by fine scrollwork borders. The printer's imprint appears at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 PERKINS BACON & Co, LONDON SPECIMEN |
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