50 Rupees Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China

Obverse

Black print.

British arms at top centre.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
CEYLON BRANCH
රුපියල් පනහයි
ஐம்பது ரூபாய்
50
RUPEES
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
COLOMBO, 1st Jany. 1870
THE CHARTED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA
Promises to pay the Bearer on
demand here FIFTY RUPEES, value received.
By order of the Court of Directors,
Entd. ACCOUNTT. MANAGER
PERKINS, BACON & Co, LONDON.

Translation: Fifty rupees.

Reverse

Blank.

Printer

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• Coat of Arms

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References
Undetermined
ND (1870)											P# S123p2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Back proof.
1870-Jan-01												Color trial. Green and red. Not listed in SCWPM.
1870-Jul-01											P# S123p1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Face proof.

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