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1 Rupee Ragama store
| Issuer | Ceylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. |
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| Year | 1901 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on pale green underprint. A circular vignette at left bears the Ceylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. legend around a central belt cartouche inscribed 'Value 1 Re.'; the British Royal coat of arms is printed at upper centre. Serial number and 'Series B.' appear at left, with place, date, and denomination text to the right. |
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| Reverse description | Blank. |
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The Ceylon Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd. was established to serve Colombo's colonial commercial class and the substantial British military and naval presence on the island. Store notes of this kind — issued by private companies rather than any monetary authority — functioned as internal scrip, redeemable only at the issuing establishment's own premises at Ragama, a rail junction town north of Colombo on the main line to Kandy.
Private scrip from Ceylon at this date is genuinely rare in any condition; most circulated hard within a closed workforce economy and were never intended to survive.