| Denomination | : 50 Rupees |
| Note Color | : Gray |
| English | : Fifty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල්පනහයි |
| Thamil | : ஐம்பதுரூபாய் |
| Size | : 191 x 123 mm |
| Date | : 2nd Jany 1854 |
| Status | : Signed, Joined |
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Front : A decorated rectangular wide border with no text.
Within border on top Center, below arced legend
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER
Crowned British Royal Coat of arms within belt with legend
HONO SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
supported by crowned rampant lion on left and unicorn
chained with garter on right. Lion standing left on crown. Below
DIEU ET MON DROIT in scroll.
On either side alpha-numeric Denomination with unit below in decorate, with above
රුපියල්
Denomination in Sinhala on left and Denomination
ரூபாய்
in Thamil on right, with Seriel No below.
Centered below COLOMBO, CEYLON Date as Day Month Year.
Within shaded rectangle
THE ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION
Promises to pay Bearer on demand at the Office here
DENOMINATION RUPEES or the equivalent in the Currency of the
Island, Value received
Below By Order of the Court of Directors above in one line
Entd _____
Accountt ______ Manager
In bottom left just inside border in small script
Perkins, Bacon & Co, London. Patent Hardened Steel Plate..
Back : Blank or Spirographic design?
Watermark : ORIENTAL BANK in downward arc above
CORPORATION in line below darker than paper (need to confirm)
Printed : Perkins Bacon & Co, London.
Size : Estimated assuming size of 1875 Rs 100 circulated
note which is published with
(181x122 mm) size in SACPM (1981). Assumed size adopted
in inches, and same height for every denomination.
Note that the 1850s Rs5 and Rs10 were printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch which identifies the above Rs100 and Rs1000 proofs with no date printed by Perkins Bacon & Co with the 1860s.
Text and Images from Spink Auction listings Rs 50, Rs 100 and Rs 1000.
Images estimated to be 65(Rs50), 67(Rs100) and 64(Rs1000) dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.
Please contact kavan @ gmail.com if I have made errors in encoding the Thamil in Unicode.