5 Pounds Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1864-1869 |
| Value | 5 Pounds |
| Currency | Pound (1828-1869) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 208 × 113 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 571791 |
Obverse
Green print; red underprint.
British arms at top centre.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
CEYLON BRANCH
රුපියල් පකහයි
ரூபாய் ஐம்பது
FIVE
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 FIVE POUNDS, Value received.
By order of the Court of Directors,
Entd. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER
පවඬ් පහයි அஞ்த பவுண்ட்
Translation: Fifty rupees. Five pounds.
Reverse
Green print.
Guilloche pattern
Script: Latin
Lettering:
5
PERKINS BACON & Co, LONDON
Printer
Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins,Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935)See also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1864-1869) | Not listed in SCWPM. | ||||||||||||||
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