The Government of Ceylon : 1925 - 1928
Large Elephant Logo backed Ten Rupees Note

The Large Ten Rupees currency note with Elephant logo at back issued by the Board of Commissioners of Currency of The Government of Ceylon, with the standard front format of Colonial currency, with 4 Serial Numbers used since 1894. This Type of Rs 10 note has 4 dates with 3 Signature pairs between 1925 to 1928.

1926_tgo_r10r_front 192x_tgoc_10r_back
LK:SCWPM #024
The Notes are 191 by 126 mm i.e. 7½ by 5 inches, with a 6-inch Bar.
Printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London
Paper manufactured by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.

Front : Huge Pink outline of TEN at center filled with horizontal microprint TEN RUPEES, on Light Brown with orange center Guilloche pattern on larger Light Green Guilloche pattern underprint. In Dark Brown THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON centered on top above Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of the value in words TEN RUPEES in a 6-inch bar, with on either side, a numeric 10 with RUPEES in an arc below, within a circle filled with radial microprint GOVERNMENTOFCEYLON. Just below the value රුපියල් දහයයි in Sinhala to left, and பத்து ரூபாய் in Thamil on right. Colombo, date: day Month Year, centered below. Two facsimile signatures at center bracketed with COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY. in two lines to right. The Dark Blue Serial number above and below on both left and right, the upper two on a pair of ellipses which are filled with Light Brown radial-out microprint TENRUPEES. In panel in two lines FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON at bottom left.
1925_tgoc_10r_watermark Printer name THOS.DE LA RUE & CO LTD LONDON. in tiny font at upper edge of bottom margin at left.
Back : At center a floral design in Dark Brown including the Armorial Crest of British Ceylon of an Elephant facing forward with 4 coconut palms on each side and mountains in background.
Water-mark : At center huge 10 dark on Light shadow to lower right. Similar smaller CEYLON centered below. Light Elephant and Dagaba with Pinnacle above on either side with Dagaba bell shaped on left, bubble shaped on right. Note no lightning conductor on Dagaba.

Signatures of Commissioners of CurrencyDate on BankNoteFirst Serial #Mintage
in K

E. B. Alexander
W. W. Woods 		1stDecember 1925 C/l 00001 2600

A. G. M. Fletcher
W. W. Woods 		1st June 1926 C/27 00001 2050

A. G. M. Fletcher
F. J. Smith 		1st September 1927 C/47 50001 500

A. G. M. Fletcher
W. W. Woods 		1st September 1928 C/52 50001 500

The notes were demonetized with all notes dated before January 1, 1940 on 1946 April 13th and ceased to be legal tender with effect July 31, 1946.

The details of this issue are from Sri Lanka Currency of Recent Times 1938-1985 T. M. U. Sallay, 1986 Colombo:Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

The 224 dpi image is from a Spink Auction Listing and displayed at 50 dpi.
If you have this note, I would be grateful to get a 300 dpi scan which will be posted with desired acknowledgement

Percy Siganporia, a specialist collector of Rs10/- notes, has Rs10 with Serial C/51 42137 dated 1927-9-1 and reports that Krause Catalog mentions a 6.1.1927 date which is unknown. As extreamly unlikely to have 2 dates in 1927, it is probably a not uncommon typo in Krause SCWPM which is even there in the Krause SACPM catalog of 1982.

I thank Eranda Adikaram for the Image and Watermark from his 1925 Dec 1st Rs10 BankNote C/25 87858 shown above