50 Rupees Oriental Bank Corporation
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Oriental Bank Corporation |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Year | 1881 |
| Value | 50 Rupees |
| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 571312 |
Obverse
Black print; red and blue underprint.
Allegorical enthroned woman with lions at left. Bust of Mercury holding caduceus at right. British coat of arms at upper centre.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
50
COLOMBO
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
රුපියල්පනහයි ஐம்பது ரூபாய்
Promise to pay the Bearer on
demand at their Office here
FIFTY RUPEES value received.
COLOMBO 1st January 1881
By Order of the Court of Directors
ENTD. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER.
CEYLON
BRADBURY WILLKINSON & CO ENGRAVERS LONDON
Translation: Fifty rupees.
Reverse
Red and green print.
Woman head at left and right facing each other.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
50
රුපියල්පනහයි
ஐம்பது ரூபாய்
Translation: Fifty rupees.
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1881-Jan-01 | Specimen. Not listed in SCWPM. | ||||||||||||||
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