Bradbury Wilkinson Essay for
Central Bank of Ceylon
with date 1960-8-18

A series of notes designed for the adoption of the SWRD Image after he was assassinated om 1959 September 26 and the victory in the Parliamentary elections held on 1960 July 20th of the SLFP led by his wife Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike who became the world's First female elected Prime Minister.

The First denomination issued with SWRD was the Rs 50 and was dated 1961-11-2 and the Rs 2 and Rs 5 from 1962-11-8, Rs 100 on 1963-6-5 and Rs 10 from 1964-6-12. Essay of Rs 1 shown below with date 1962-11-8 was never issued as the Rs 1 was replaced with a coin dated 1963 and last dated note still had the Ceylon Armorial Ensign.

Denomination : 1 Rupees Base Color : Blue (default color) Under-print : Orange & Green English : One Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියලයි Thamil : ஒரு ரூபாய் Size :  108x 60 mm Spink Auction 14039 lot 106 Back Pictorial  :  Left of center Moonstone and ornate stone stairway to Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Denomination : 2 Rupees Base Color : Brown & Lilac Under-print : Blue & Green English : Two Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දෙකයි Thamil : இரண்டு ரூபாய் Size :  121x 67 mm Spink Auction 13034 lot 204 18050 lot 106 Back Pictorial  :  Circular Buddhist shrine, Medirigiriya Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
	The back essay was not listed with Auction, or any other found online.
Denomination : 5 Rupees Base Color : Gray Blue & Olive Under-print : Violet, Green & Orange Sinhala :  රුපියල් පහයි Thamil : ஐந்து ரூபாய் Size :  133x 73 mm Spink Auction 15009 lot 162 Back Pictorial  :

Front: Portrait of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike smiling with teeth showing facing left, on right. At top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON below in English above ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three lines. The Numeric date 1960-8-18 without leading zero below Facsimile signatures in Sinhala of Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike above මුදල් ඈමති, and of W. Rajapatirana above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES Serial No at lower left and upper right.
Back: On top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English below. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES
At bottom margin in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & C^O L^D NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.

Note that Rs 1 has a later date 1962-11-8, has signature of the next Governor of CBC and date 1963-3-28 scribbled on essay card.
The Gray-scale photographic essay is presented as Sepia tone, as it did not print well when colorized, Blue as in the Rs 1 note of era.

The notes at xx,xx,xx,xx and xx dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming height of 1960 notes.
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In Rs 2 2013 December 5th Spink 13034 Auction; Rs 1 2014 December 09th Spink 14039 Auction and Rs 5 2015 September 29th Spink 15009 Auction sold for Grand Total £2000 +44%BP+V.