10 Rupees Jaffna; Oriental Bank Corporation
Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Ceylon (1597-1972)
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Oriental Bank Corporation |
| Queen |
Victoria (1837-1901)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1873 |
| Value | 10 Rupees |
| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 192 × 116 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 573168 |
Obverse
Black print.
British arms at top centre.
Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil
Lettering:
රුපියල්දහයයි
பத்துரூபாய்
TEN
10
RUPEES
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
GALLE, CEYLON 1st, Octr, 1866.
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promise to pay the Bearer on demand
at their Branch here, or at their Bank
in Colombo TEN RUPEES Value received.
By order of the Court of Directors,
Entd. Accountt. Agent.
Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate.
Translation: Ten rupees.
Reverse
Black print.
Three guilloches.
Script: Latin
Lettering: Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate.
Printer
Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins,Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935)Comments
Without text ‘in the Currency of this Island' removed after the monetary reform in 1869.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| 1873-Oct-01 | |||||||||||||||
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