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10 Shillings Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China

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Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Bank emisyjny Banque commerciale à charte de l'Inde, de Londres et de la Chine
Królowa Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Banknotes
Year 1857
Value 10 Shillings (½)
Currency Pound (1828-1869)
Composition Papier
Size 196 × 111 mm
Shape Prostokątny
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
571785

Obverse

(en) Green print.

Front facing, seated Britannia, holding spear and shield. Lion at left, crown and anchor at right, sailling ships and tree in background.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
CEYLON BRANCH
TEN
SHILLINGS
KANDY 18__
THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA,
Promises to pay the Bearer in demand
at Its branch in KANDY, in the Currency
of the Island TEN SHILLINGS, Value received.
By order of the Directors
Entd. Accountt. MANAGER
රුපියල් පහයි පවුඬ් බාගයයි
ரூபாய் ஐந்து அரைப் பவுண்ட்

Reverse

(en) Green print.

Elongated guilloche.

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
CHARTERED
MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA
Batho & Co London

Printer

(Batho's & Co; Batho,Spraig & Co), London, United Kingdom

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1857)  (en) Not listed in SCWPM.

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