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10 Shillings Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China

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Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Issuing bank Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1867
Value 10 Shillings (½)
Currency Pound (1828-1869)
Composition Paper
Size 208 × 115 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
571788
References P# S117
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

Brown print; green underprint.

British arms at top centre.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
CEYLON BRANCH
රුපියල් පහයි
ரூபாய் ஐந்து
TEN
SHILLINGS
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
COLOMBO
THE CHARTED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA
Promises to pay the Bearer on demand
at its Branch in COLOMBO, in the Currency
of the Island TEN SHILLINGS, Value received.
By order of the Court of Directors,
Entd. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER
පවුඬ් බාගයයි அரைப் பவுண்ட்

Translation: Five rupees. Half pound.

Reverse

Brown print.

Oval in each corner; value at centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TEN
SHILLINGS
Perkins Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate

Printer

Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins,Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1867-Jan-01 

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