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100 Rupees
| Issuer | Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China, Galle |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Reference(s) | P#128B |
| Obverse description | The obverse is typographically and engraved in a Victorian commercial style, with the heading CEYLON BRANCH at the top within a fine-line border frame. Two oval guilloche vignettes bearing the denomination numeral 100 / RUPEES flank a central royal coat of arms with the legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER; the denomination ONE HUNDRED is rendered in large bold letterpress text across the centre. The note bears the place and date of issue GALLE 1st July 1880, serial numbers at lower left and right, multilingual inscriptions in Sinhala and Tamil along the upper and lower margins, and a manuscript signature line By order of the Court of Directors with Entd. and Manager designations; a red CANCELLED overprint is visible. |
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| Obverse lettering | CEYLON BRANCH. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. 100 RUPEES THE CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA ONE HUNDRED GALLE 1st July 1880 By order of the Court of Directors Entd. Manager CANCELLED |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 100 |
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