National BankNote Database
Society Paper Money Collectors
Extracted from National Bank note date base
Society Paper Money Collectors
Useful for identifications the bank officer signatures.
1. Corporate Summary
Charter No. 6029
State MN
City Ceylon
Bank Name The First National Bank Ceylon
Title No. 1
Org Date Oct 4, 1901
Charter Date Nov 23, 1901
Open Date Jan 2, 1902
Close Date Dec 8, 1933
Fate Receivership
2. Pollock Data Set
Charter State Bank Town Year President Cashier Total Resources Circulation
CofC Report Date CofC Page
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1902 John Dows Geo. Stickney 98258.11 25000 02/09/15 625
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1903 John Dows F. S. Robinson 93829.6 25000 03/09/09 676
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1904 John Dows F. S. Robinson 95265.44 25000 04/09/06 725
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1905 John Dows F. S. Robinson 101452 25000 05/08/25 669
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1906 John Dows F. S. Robinson 108009 25000 06/09/04 644/5:28
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1907 John Dows E. J. Barnett 108666 25000 07/08/22 684/5:13
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1908 John Dows F. C. Henningsen 105019 25000 08/09/23 706/7:32
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1909 John Dows F. C. Henningsen 108907 25000 09/09/01 580/1:19
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1910 John Dows F. C. Henningsen 112844 25000 10/09/01 560/1:41
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1911 B. F. Robinson F. C. Henningsen 124405 25000 11/09/01 556/7:24
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1912 B. F. Robinson F. C. Henningsen 147012 25000 12/09/04 516/7:04
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1913 B. F. Robinson F. C. Henningsen 154435 25000 13/08/09 542/3:41
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1914 A. R. Butler F. H. Koenecke 157652 25000 14/09/12 482/3:09:42
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1915 A. R. Butler F. H. Koenecke 165411 25000 15/09/02 670/1:09:52
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1916 A. L. Butler F. H. Koenecke 192693 25000 16/09/12 612/3:09:51
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1917 A. R. Butler F. H. Koenecke 224658 25000 17/09/11 592/3:09:44
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1918 A. R. Butler F. H. Koenecke 299469 25000 18/08/31 546/7:09:58
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1919 A. R. Butler F. H. Koenecke 284119 24200 19/09/12 564/5:09:17
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1920 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 361235 24600 20/09/12 570/1:09:29
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1921 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 359772 25000 21/09/06 560 BankDir-1921July
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1922 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 339986 25000 22/09/15 498/9:09:63
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1923 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 347155 25000 23/09/14 094/5:09:63
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1924 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 316450 25000 24/10/10 094/5:09:44
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1925 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 282819 25000 25/09/28 094/5:09:41
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1926 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 270126 25000 26/12/31 096/7:09:33
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1927 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 247617 25000 27/10/10 096/7:09:02
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1928 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 252243 25000 28/12/31 092/3:09:02
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1929 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 253879 25000 29/12/31 090/1:09:41
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1930 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 208433 25000 30/12/31 086/7:09:24
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1931 G. W. Gruber F. H. Koenecke 182636 25000 31/12/31 080/1:09:38
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1932 H. H. Christensen F. H. Koenecke 157522 25000 32/12/31 074/5:09:37
3. NBN Issues
Ch.No. State Bank Town Series & Type Sheet Combination Begin End Additional Information
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1882 brown back 10-10-10-20 1 1500
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1882 date back 10-10-10-20 1 1800 1671-1800 type uncertain
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1882 value back 10-10-10-20 1801 2660
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1902 plain back 10-10-10-20 1 1619
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1929 type 1 10-10-10-10-10-10 1 541
6029 MN The FNB Ceylon 1929 type 1 20-20-20-20-20-20 1 131
4. BEP Proofs
Scan ID Number Ch.No. State Town Bank Series Type Plate Combo Plate Register Treasurer Plate Date Cert Date Ser Ty
Letters Code Code
NU.297219.017872 6029 MN Ceylon FNB Ceylon 1882 Brown back 10-10-10-20 A-B-C-A Lyons, Judson Whitlocke Roberts, Ellis Henry 1901-10-04 1901-12-06 3 1
NU.297219.017873 6029 MN Ceylon FNB Ceylon 1882 Date back 10-10-10-20 D-E-F-B Lyons, Judson Whitlocke Roberts, Ellis Henry 1901-10-04 1908-08-27 3 2
NU.297219.017874 6029 MN Ceylon FNB Ceylon 1902 Plain back 10-10-10-20 A-B-C-A Elliott, William S. White, Frank 1921-10-04 1921-08-13 4 3
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NATIONAL BANK NOTE SUMMARY DATA PUBLISHED
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on National Bank Notes and their issuing banks.
Compilers include pioneer researchers
Louis Van Belkum, Peter Huntoon, Andrew Pollock, and Mark Drengson,
sourced from records at the
National Archives,
Comptroller the Currency Reports,
Bankers Magazine, National Currency
Bond Ledger,
the Bureau Engraving and Printing certified proofs at the
National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian.
Part notes.lakdiva.org.lk a website for
Banknotes of Ceylon and Sri Lanka since 1785.