Government of Ceylon : 1941
George VI Pictorial Pattern - Rs 1000

King George VI Pictorial One Thousand Rupees BankNote Pattern by the Board of Commissioners of Currency dated 1st February 1941 during WWII. It has legality PROMISE TO PAY BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF in an three lines. Watermark panel has specimen logo of Currency Note Press (CNP) a division of the India Security Press, Nasik.
1941-2-1_kgvi_r1000_front 1941-2-1_kgvi_r1000_back
LK:SCWPM Unlisted
The Notes are 191 by 140 mm i.e. 7 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches.
Printed by lithography process in India Government Security Press.
Water-mark: Ratnapura Raised Lion with whip on paper manufactured by Messrs Portals Ltd.

Front : Violet on Light blue and Green underprint. Portrait of King George VI on the left, a water-mark panel on the right, and the value in words ONE THOUSAND RUPEES in 3 lines in center and in figures 1000 on the top two corners. GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON in an arc above PROMISE TO PAY BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF in an three lines. The date 1ST FEBRUARY 1941 appears above the two facsimile signatures of H.J. Huxham & C.H. Collins COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY. The value රුපියල් දාහයි in Sinhala on upper left, and ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil on lower right. The Serial number O/OO OOOOOO on the lower left hand side and upper right hand side.
Back : Green on a Red and Brown tint underprint with Micro printing text THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. Pictorial at center with caption COASTAL SCENE with a fishing catermaran in sea close to beach foliage foreground and coconut palms in background. The value in figures 1000 on upper two corners on either side of GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON in an arc. Lower the value රුපියල් දාහයි in Sinhala on left, and ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil on right.

Signatures of Commissioners of CurrencyDate on BankNote Serial

H.J. Huxham
C.H. Collins
1ST FEBRUARY 1941 O/OO OOOOOO

Image of Pattern was published by CBSL in 2001 in the book History of Coins and Currency in Sri Lanka by G. P. S. H. de Silva. Fig 178 P.128 bottom. Since 2013 a now Faded pattern is displayed at the CBSL Economic History Museum in Colombo Fort. This image from Museum Guide Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka e_book.
Note that it has Facsimile Signatures of the commissioners of currency unlike the essay dated 1938-07-01.