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10 Rupees
| Issuer | Oriental Bank Corporation, Jaffna |
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| Year | 1864 |
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| Currency | Indian rupee (1862-date) |
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| Obverse description | Horizontally arranged note with two oval guilloche panels at left and right each bearing the denomination '10 RUPEES' in letterpress. A central intaglio vignette presents the Royal Arms of Great Britain flanked by a lion and unicorn beneath a crown, with the legend 'INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER' above the coat of arms. The issuer's name 'THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION' is set in bold letterpress below the vignette, with a manuscript promise-to-pay text reading 'Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Branch here or at their Bank in Colombo TEN RUPEES or the equivalent in the Currency of this Island, value received', beneath which appears 'By order of the Court of Directors.', the place and date 'JAFFNA, CEYLON 15th Feby 1864', and ruled lines for entry, account, and agent signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | TEN RUPEES INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER JAFFNA, CEYLON 15th Feby 1864 THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at their Branch here or at their Bank in Colombo TEN RUPEES or the equivalent in the Currency of this Island, value received. By order of the Court of Directors. Ent'd Account! Agent. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain, printed on white cotton paper with no principal design, showing only faint offset impression of the obverse text visible through the sheet, consistent with the lightweight paper stock of mid-nineteenth-century colonial banknotes. |
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