Private Banks in Ceylon Catalog 1844-1884
Date List of known Ceylon Private Banknotes from 1844 till 1884
Bank of Ceylon : 1844-1849
Undated Printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch, London.
BC00 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .S.
BC01 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 S111 .S.
BC02 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 2 .P.
BC03 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 5 S112 .S.
BC04 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 10 S113 .S.
BC05 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 20 S114 .S.
BC06 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 50 S115 .S.
The Asiatic Banking Corporation 1864-1866
Undated Uniface Printed by Smith Elder & Co Engravers, London
BA14 1865-06-29 Kandy £ 5 S108 $F.
BA12 1865-__-__ Kandy s 10 S106A .S.
BA15 1865-__-__ Kandy £ 10 S109 $F.
BA04 1865-09-01 Colombo £ 5 S103 .S.
BA05 1865-11-01 Colombo £ 10 S104 $F.
BA13 1865-11-01 Kandy £ 1 S107a $F.
BA03 1865-12-01 Colombo £ 1 S102a $F.
BA13a 1866-01-31 Kandy £ 1 S107b .S.
BA03a 1866-05-01 Colombo £ 1 S102b .S.
Undated Biface
BA22 1865-11-01 Colombo s 10 S101a $F.
BA32 1865-__-__ Kandy s 10 S106 $F.
BA22a 1866-11-01 Colombo s 10 S101b .S.
BA23 1866-__-__ Colombo £ 1 $F.
The Mercantile Bank of India, London & China - Ceylon Branch
Undated Printed by Batho & Co London
BM01 1857-07-01 Colombo s 5 S131 $F.
The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China - Ceylon Branch
BM12 1858-__-__ Colombo s 10 .L.
BM13 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .L.
BM14 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 5 .L.
BM15 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 10 .L.
BM21 1858-__-__ Kandy s 5 S127 $F.
BM22 1859-__-__ Kandy s 10 $F.
Printed by Perkins Bacon & Co, London
BM32 1867-01-01 Colombo s 10 S117 $F.
BM33 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 S118 $F.
BM34 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 5 $F.
BM35 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 10 S122 $F.
BM36 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 50 $F.
BM42 186x-__-__ Kandy s 10 $F.
BM43 186x-__-__ Kandy £ 1 $F.
BM44 186x-__-__ Kandy £ 5 $F.
BM52 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121 $F.
BM53a 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 $F. $FP
BM53b 1870-07-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BM54 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 S123 $F.
BM55 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 100 S124 $F.
BM56 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 500 S125 $F.
BM57 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 1000 S126 $F.
BM62 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 S129 $F.
BM62a 1870-07-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BM63 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 $F.
BM64 1870-07-01 Kandy Rs 50 $F.
BM62b 1873-11-01 Kandy Rs 5 S121a $FP
BM52a 1877-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121b .S.
BM52b 1880-07-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121c .S.
BM72 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 5 .S.
BM73 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 10 S128 $F.
BM75 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 100 $F.
BM72a 1883-01-03 Galle Rs 5 .S.
The Oriental Bank - Ceylon Branch
Undated Uniface Printed by Batho & Bingley, London.
BO02 1846-__-__ Colombo s 10 .S.
BO03 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 1 $F.
BO04 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 5 $F.
BO05 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 10 $F.
The Oriental Bank Corporation - Ceylon Branch
Undated Uniface Printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch, London.
BO12 185x-__-__ Colombo Rs 5 .S.
BO13 185x-__-__ Colombo Rs 10 .L. BM CIB 15751
BO22 185x-__-__ Kandy Rs 5 .S.
Dated Biface Printed by Perkins Bacon & Co, London
BO14 1862-11-15 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BO15 1864-01-15 Colombo Rs 5 .S.
BO14a 1864-01-15 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BO14 186x-__-__ Colombo Rs 50 .S.
BO15 186x-__-__ Colombo Rs 100 .S.
BO16 186x-__-__ Colombo Rs 1000 S146A .S.
BO42 1864-02-15 Badulla Rs 5 S136 .S.
BOx2 1864-02-15 Ceylon Rs 5 $F.
BO43 1864-02-15 Badulla Rs 10 S137 .S.
BO32 1864-02-15 Jaffna Rs 5 S156 .S.
BO33 1864-02-15 Jaffna Rs 10 S158 .S.
BO52 1866-02-15 Galle Rs 5 S147 .S.
BO53 1866-02-15 Galle Rs 10 S148p .S.
BO16a 1866-03-15 Colombo Rs 5 S141 .S.
BO17b 1866-03-15 Colombo Rs 10 S143p .S.
BO26 1866-03-15 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BO27 1866-03-15 Kandy Rs 10 .S.
BO52a 1866-06-15 Galle Rs 5 .S.
BO54 1866-06-15 Galle Rs 50 S149 .S.
BO52b 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 5 $F.
BO53a 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 10 S148a .S.
BO55 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 100 S150 .S.
Dated Biface after adoption of Decimal Currency in Rupees
BO73 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BO82 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BO62 1870-01-01 Haldamulle Rs 5 S164 .S.
BO63 1870-01-01 Haldamulle Rs 10 S165 .S.
BO82a 1872-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BO83 1872-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 .S.
BO82b 1873-07-01 Kandy Rs 5 S161 .S.
BO35 1873-10-01 Jaffna Rs 10 .S.
BO82c 1874-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BO75 1875-03-01 Colombo Rs 100 .S.
BO93 1875-04-15 Galle Rs 10 .S.
BO34 1875-06-01 Jaffna Rs 5 .S.
BO75a 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 100 S146 .S. C6701 C7757 (BMC)
BO74 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 .S.
BO72 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 .S.
BO82d 1876-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S.
BO44 1876-01-01 Badulla Rs 5 .S.
BO45 1877-04-02 Badulla Rs 10 .S.
BO92 1877-05-01 Galle Rs 5 $F.
BO73a 1877-12-15 Colombo Rs 10 S144a .S.
BO74a 1880-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 S144 .W. SCWPM Rare
Dated Biface Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c. London.
BO76 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S142 .S.
BO77 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 S142A .S.
BO86 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 $F.
BO87 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 .S.
BO89 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 100 .S.
BO36 1881-01-01 Jaffna Rs 5 S155 .S.
BO37 1881-01-01 Jaffna Rs 10 S157 .S.
BO46 1881-01-01 Badulla Rs 5 .S.
BO47 1881-04-02 Badulla Rs 10 .S.
BO97 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 10 S152a .S.
BO98 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 50 $F.
BO66a 1881-01-01 Haldamulla Rs 5 S168a .S.
BO66 1881-01-01 NeweraEllia Rs 5 S168 $F.
BO67 1881-01-01 NeweraEllia Rs 10 $F.
BO76a 1883-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 .S.
BO77a 1883-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BO77b 1883-12-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S.
BO96 1883-12-01 Galle Rs 5 .S.
BO97a 1883-12-01 Galle Rs 10 $F.
BO96a 1884-01-01 Galle Rs 5 S151 .W. SCWPM
BO97b 1884-01-01 Galle Rs 10 S152b .W. SCWPM
BO98a 1884-01-01 Galle Rs 50 S153 .S.
BO99 1884-01-01 Galle Rs 100 S154 .W. SCWPM rare
BO78 1884-03-01 Colombo Rs 50 $F.
BO79 1884-03-01 Colombo Rs 100 $F.
.S. Scan available
$F. Facsimile printed.
.L. Listed in Codrington/B.W.Fernando
.W. Listed in SCWPM - Image not seen
.P. Have Photograph
The Pick numbers for the very few listed are given from
SCWPM Specialized Issues 12th Edition (2013).
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