Central Bank of Ceylon
Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Essay - No Date(post 1956 pre 1972)
A single undated Essay from Waterlow & Sons Limited after 1956 and
before around 1962 when the Armorial Ensign of Ceylon adopted for all
denomination notes. Printing continued in Bradbury Wilkinson who
retained the printing contract from Central Bank of Ceylon for issue
of Currency Notes.
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
Base Color | : Orange & Brown |
| Under-print | : Yellow |
English | : Five Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 133x 73 mm |
Spink Auction 9025 lot 443
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Left of Center, sculpture of human with smaller humans statue above.
Armorial Ensign of Ceylon at center right.
| | Back Pictorial : |
On left Polonnaruwa Ruins looking towards Watadage from Hetadage with
Bodhsattva Shrine and Dalada Maluwa on farside (Red & Green).
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| Denomination | : 10 Rupees |
Base Color | : Green |
| Under-print | : Pink & Blue |
English | : Ten Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දහයයි
| Thamil | : பத்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 146x 79 mm |
Lockdales Auction 207 lot 550 |
| Front Pictorial : |
Left of center Elephant with trunk up. On right upper Armorial Ensign of Ceylon.
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On left, entrance to the Watadage or circular Buddhist image house in medieval City
of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
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Front:
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.
Value in Sinhala රුපියල් පහයි in upper center.
Thamil ஐந்து ரூபாய் lower left of center,
and English FIVE RUPEES on upper right.
Serial No A/1 000000 at Upper left and Lower right.
No Date or location for signatures.
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 පහයි
Thamil ஐந்து ரூபாய்
and English FIVE RUPEES
Printer WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDON on center bottom margin,
The essays at xx dpi are displayed at about
50 dpi if assuming height of 1956 notes.
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The essay was listed in Spink 2009 October 2nd Banknote
Auction lot 443;
I thank the buyer of Auction 9025 lot 443 in a Private Collection for
the image of back which was not shown in Auction listing.