The Oriental Bank Corporation
1861-1869 - Colombo
Currency Notes in Rupees issued from 1861 to 1869 by The Oriental Bank
Corporation in Colombo, with an engraving of Royal Crest and printed
by Perkins, Bacon & Petch, London.
| Denomination | : 50 Rupees |
| Note Color | : Gray |
| English | : Fifty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල්පනහයි |
| Thamil | : ஐம்பதுரூபாய் |
| Size | : 191 x 123 mm |
| Date | : 2nd Jany 1854 |
| Status | : Signed, Joined |
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| Pick-lk S144
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| Denomination | : 100 Rupees |
| Note Color | : Unknown |
| English | : Hundred Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල්සියයයි |
| Thamil | : நூறுரூபாய் |
| Size | : 190 x 122 mm |
| Date | : 1861 - 1869 |
| Status | : Specimen |
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| Pick-lk S146
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| Denomination | : 1000 Rupees |
| Note Color | : Unknown |
| English | : Thousand Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල්දාහයි |
| Thamil | : ஆயிரம்ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 198 x 121 mm |
| Date | : 1861 - 1869 |
| Status | : Specimen |
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| Pick-lk S146A
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Front : A decorated rectangular wide border with no text.
Within border on top Center, below arced legend
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
Crowned British Royal Coat of arms within belt with legend
HONO SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
supported by crowned rampant lion on left and unicorn
chained with garter on right. Lion standing left on crown. Below
DIEU ET MON DROIT in scroll.
On either side alpha-numeric Denomination with unit below in decorate, with above
රුපියල්
Denomination in Sinhala on left and Denomination
ரூபாய்
in Thamil on right, with Seriel No below.
Centered below COLOMBO, CEYLON Date as Day Month Year.
Within shaded rectangle
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promises to pay Bearer on demand at the Office here
DENOMINATION RUPEES or the equivalent in the Currency of the
Island, Value received
Below By Order of the Court of Directors above in one line
Entd _____
Accountt ______ Manager
In bottom left just inside border in small script
Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate..
Back : Blank or Spirographic design?
Watermark : ORIENTAL BANK in downward arc above
CORPORATION in line below darker than paper (need to confirm)
Printed : Perkins Bacon & Co, London.
Size : Estimated assuming size of 1875 Rs 100 circulated
note which is published with
(181x122 mm) size in SACPM (1981). Assumed size adopted
in inches, and same height for every denomination.
Note that the 1850s Rs5 and Rs10 were printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch
which identifies the above Rs100 and Rs1000 proofs with no date
printed by Perkins Bacon & Co with the 1860s.
Text and Images from Spink Auction listings
Rs 50,
Rs 100 and
Rs 1000.
Images estimated to be 65(Rs50), 67(Rs100) and 64(Rs1000) dpi and
displayed at 50 dpi.
Please contact kavan @ gmail.com if I have made errors in
encoding the Thamil in Unicode.