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5 Shillings Mercantile Bank of India, London & China

5 Shillings (Mercantile Bank of India, London & China) - obverse

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Features

Issuer Sri LankaCeylon (1597-1972)
Düzenleyen banka Banque commerciale de l'Inde, de Londres et de Chine
Kraliçe Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Banknotlar
Yıl 1857
Value 5 Shillings (¼)
Currency Pound (1828-1869)
Composition Kâğıt
Size 148 × 112 mm
Şekil Dikdörtgen
Technique Üst baskılı
Demonetized Evet
Numara
N#
571726
Referanslar P# S131
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Obverse

(en) Black print; blue underprint. Black vertical overprint.

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

Scripts: Latince, Sinhala, Tamilce

Lettering:
CEYLON BRANCH
5
SHILLINGS
සිලින් පහයි ஐந்து ஷீலீன்
COLOMBO 18__
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA,
Promises to pay the Bearer in demand
at Its branch in COLOMBO, in the Currency
of the Islands FIVE SHILLINGS, Value rec.
ISSUED AT KANDY.
By order of the Directors
Entd. Acct. MANAGER

Printer

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1857-Tem-01 

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