Watermarks on British Ceylon BankNotes : 1844 to 1942
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Government of Ceylon, General Treasury
British Sterling Notes 1850-1856
1850-1855 : Colombo :
£1 wm,
£2 wm,
£5 wm Sortefax_026.otf
CEYLON CURRENCY ONE TWO FIVE POUNDS Comments:Very difficult to Match perfectly. For example the lower part of the C
The C O U are too wide, Leg of R is wrong
Private Banks : 1844 to 1884
Bank of Ceylon : 1844-1849
1844 : Colombo : £2, (Need Watermark image from British Museum)
The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China - Ceylon Branch
Decimal Era : Rupees
1870 Kandy - Rs 50
wm AlternateGothicEF-NoTwo.ttf
CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON & CHINA
Comments:Wrong spacing particularly of I, when in arc
The Asitic Banking Corporation
Large Uniface
1864-1866 Colombo
£10 wm,
Smaller printed on Both faces
Kandy 10s wm AsimovOu.otf
ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION 10
Comments:
The Oriental Bank Corporation
Biface dated after Decimal Rupee Currency
1870-1880 Colombo -
Rs 5 wm,
1881-1884 Galle -
Rs 10 wm, PragatiNarrow-Bold.ttf
ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Comments:
The Government of Ceylon : 1885 to 1942
Government of Ceylon
Dated Uniface Currency hand signed at time of issue.
1885 : Rs 5 wm,
Uniface facsimile signatures. 2 Serial
1887-1894 : Rs 5 wm,
Rs 10 wm
Uniface facsimile signatures. 4 Serial
1894-1926 : Rs 5 wm,
Rs 10 wm,
Rs 50 wm,
Rs 100 wm,
Rs 500 wm,
Rs 1000 wm
1917 Rs 2 wm
Ceylon Government Elephant logo behind
1925-1939 : Rs 2 wm
1925-1928 : Rs 5 wm,
Rs 10 wm
Small Size with Ceylon Government Elephant logo behind
1929-1939 : Rs 5 wm,
Rs 10 wm,
Rs 50 wm,
Rs 1000 wm PragatiNarrow-Bold.ttf
ONE TWO FIVE TEN FIFTY HUNDRED
Comments: SourceCodePro-Bold.ttf
RUPEES
Comments: AlternateGothicEF-NoTwo.ttf
HUNDRED THOUSAND
Comments: DeicesEngravedCapsSSi.ttf
ONE TWO FIVE RUPEES
Comments: Comments:In the four fonts above when used in
watermarks on Government of Ceylon Banknotes the White Shadow is
obtained by shift to upper left and overlay of Black Text on same in
White Text texgyreschola-bold.otf
5 10
Comments: Shadow of 5 not just Black shifted and overlayed on White AsimovOu.otf
GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON
Comments:The Text needs to be enclosed within a Panel with Geometric design in background
Emergency WWII Fractional Issue
1942-01-01 : Cents 25 wm,
Cents 50 wm FogSansOutline.otf
CEYLON GOVERNMENT
Comments:Note that the C is different from Asimov PragatiNarrow-Bold.ttf
RESTRICTION
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