5 Pounds Asiatic Banking Corporation
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Asiatic Banking Corporation |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Year | 1865 |
| Value | 5 Pounds |
| Currency | Pound (1828-1869) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 202 × 127 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 571721 |
| References | P# S108 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Black print; orange underprint.
Bank seal at upper centre.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
යෙසියාතික්බැන්කිඬ්කොර්පොරේෂන්
5
ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION
ONE POUND
THE ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION
promise to pay the Bearer on Demand
at their Branch here or at their Bank
in Colombo FIVE POUNDS in the Cur-
rency of the Island, value received.
KANDY, CEYLON
By order of the Court of Directors.
Entd
Manager
රුපියල්පනහයි පවඬ්පහයි
ஐம்பதுரூபாய் ஐந்துபவுண்ட்
யெசியதிக் பெங்கிங்கொர்ப்பொறேஷன்
Translation: Asiatic Banking Corporation. Five pounds. Fifty rupees. Asiatic Banking Corporation.
Reverse
Blank.
Watermark
Curved ASIATIC above curved BANK CORPORATION.
Printer
Smith, Elder & Co., London, United Kingdom (1824-1895)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1865) | Specimen. | ||||||||||||||
| 1865-Jun-29 | |||||||||||||||
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