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1 Pound Asiatic Banking Corporation

1 Pound (Asiatic Banking Corporation) - obverse

Obverse © Spink and Son

Features

Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Issuing bank Asiatic Banking Corporation
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Banknotes
Years 1865-1866
Value 1 Pound
Currency Pound (1828-1869)
Composition Paper
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
571715
References P# S102
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Black print; brown underprint.

Bank seal at upper centre.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
යෙසියාතික්බැන්කිඬ්කොර්පොරේෂන්
1
ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION
ONE POUND
THE ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION
promise to pay the Bearer on Demand
at their Branch in Colombo in the Currency
of the Island ONE POUND, value received.
COLOMBO
By order of the Court of Directors.
Entd
Manager
පවඬ් එකයි பவுண்ட் ஒன்று
රුපියල් දහයයි ரூபாய் பத்து
யெசியதிக் பெங்கிங்கொர்ப்பொறேஷன்

Translation: Asiatic Banking Corporation. One pound. Ten rupees. Asiatic Banking Corporation.

Reverse

Blank.

Printer

Smith, Elder & Co., London, United Kingdom (1824-1895)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC References
1865-Dec-01  P# S102a
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1866-May-01  P# S102b
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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