Government of Ceylon
1st November 1948
Partial Essay Series with date 1st November 1948.
Has legality statement with
Legal Tender used on Ceylon Banknotes since 1941 September
and signatures of Commissioners of Currency.
This was probably after independence 1948 February 4th and before
deciding on a Reserve or Central Bank of Ceylon to issue notes.
The series since 1941 September continued to be issued with dates
1st June 1948 and 1st March 1949
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
English | : Five Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 133x 73 mm |
Spink Auction 19088 lot 322
and sold for £230+29% |
| Front Pictorial : |
Below center an image of single sail catermaran at sea with two
fishermen, with smaller boat without sail and one fishermen behind to
left. Coastline in background.
| | Back Pictorial : |
Kandy Perahara, Maligawa Tusker with casket of Tooth Relic and canopy
on top between two more smaller decorated elephants, with eight
mahoots and others in attendence.
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| Denomination | : 1000 Rupees |
English | : One Thousand Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දාහයි |
Thamil | : ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 191 x 140 mm
| Online Auction |
| Front Pictorial : |
On right a Girl in a flimsy sari with a basket of fruit in hand and on the
side and some Jak fruit at her feet and three palms and some ferns in
the background.
| | Back Pictorial : |
At bottom center an Anuradhapura like Moonstone with 2 sets of
Elephant, Horse, Lion and Bull sequence in one arc and 7 swans in an
inner arc.
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Front:
On top center GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON.
On left in Oval portrait of King George VI, to right Pictorial and
circular space for watermark.
Below center in 2 or 3 lines of small print THIS NOTE IS LEGAL
TENDER IN CEYLON FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT
Below centered in middle in large font Value Rupees in a 2 or 3 lines.
Below which the Date 1ST NOVEMBER 1948.
Space for facsimile signatures,
Below on right in small font COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY
in two lines.
On Four corners on the large Numeric Value.
On Upper left in Sinhala
රුපියල්,
VALUE and on lower right, and in Thamil VALUE
ரூபாய்
Serial Number 000000 with no prefix on upper right and lower left.
All within a rectangular decorated border.
Back: On top center GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON.
Pictorial and Circular Space for watermark.
VALUE RUPEES in one lines center bottom.
Numeric Value on Upper left and larger on Right.
Value in Sinhala lower left
රුපියල්,
and value in Thamil lower right
ரூபாய்
All within a rectangular decorated background design.
The Rs 1000 does not have the date and commisionors of Currency
mentioned on it, but is clearly of the same essay series since it has
the same legal statement and design features.
The essayer name is not given on essay.
No Date scribbled on front of essay card.
The notes at xx dpi is displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming
height of 1952 notes of these denominations.
If you have any of images of other denomination of this essay
please contribute to kavanr @ gmail.com
Printer
BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LD NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND
WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON
on Bottom center margin.
No printers name at bottom margin in small script
The Gray-scale images of archival photographic proofs have been Sepia toned.