5 Rupees Oriental Bank Corporation
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Oriental Bank Corporation |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Banknotes |
| Year | 1866 |
| Value | 5 Rupees |
| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 151 × 116 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 572833 |
| References | P# S141 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Blue print; black serial numbers.
British coat of arms at upper centre.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
FIVE
RUPEES
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
COLOMBO, CEYLON 15th March, 1866.
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promises to pay Bearer on demand
at their Office here FIVE RUPEES or the equivalent
in the Currency of the Island, Value received.
By Order of the Court of Directors
Entd _____ Accountt ______ Manager
Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate
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 | References | ||||||||
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| ND (1866) | P# S141pStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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| 1866-Mar-15 | P# S141aStandard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
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