British Ceylon
Colombo - Rix Dollars - 182x

Rix Dollar Currency Notes with engraving of Britannia by Silvester, issued in Colombo around 1820 without the "dry stamp" with value. added by Regulation 3 of 1820. By Regulation 5 of 1823 the notes of the value of RD 1 were demonetized as from 1823 August 31. By Regulation ? of 1830 the notes of the value of RD 2 and RD 5 were demonetized as from 1830 September 1.

Denomination : 1 RD English : Rix Dollar One Sinhala : පතාග එකයි Thamil : இறையால ஒரு Size : 193 x 112 mm Date : ___ 18__ Status : Searching	Image was not found online. If available please contribute. Thanks.
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Denomination : 2 RD English : Rix Dollars Two Sinhala : පතාග දෙකයි Thamil : இறையால இரண்டு Size : 179 x 103 mm Date : 20 May 1820 Status : Signed
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Denomination : 5 RD English : Rix Dollars Five Sinhala : පතාග පහයි Thamil : இறையால ஐந்து Size : 188 x 114 mm Date : ___ 18__ Status : Remainder
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Front : Upper-left: Britannia with Laural wreath seated facing right, Shield with Union Jack on side, Trident tilted back in right hand, Olive Branch in left hand, all within wreath with flowers. Sailing ship on horizon at right. Below in small text in upward Arc Engraver Silvester sc. 27, Strand London.
To right No #### (erased) Colombo DD^th Mon 18YY.
The Government of Ceylon promise to pay to the Bearer on demand the Sum of (VALUE) Rix Dollar in Copper Money at the Exchange of Forty Eight Stivers for the Rix Dollar on presenting this at the General Treasury

පතාග ( ... )
RIX DOLLAR	(VALUE)
	இறையால ( ... )
	COLOMBO	________ 18__ No #### (erased)
	Exd & Entd	One hand signed and one hand stamped signature.

Sinhala Text: Top left Horizontal  ලංකවේ ආන්ඩුව කස්බ්‍රිප්පුව
Thamil Text: Top right Horizontal  இலங்கை அரசாட்சியின் கஷ்நொட்டு
Back : Blank
WaterMark: Need to Findout
Printed : Silvester sc. 27, Strand, London.
Size : Estimated on the assumption that the size of Brittania logo is same as that measured on the 1820 2 Rix Dollar note from Colombo National Museum collection, which was scanned by me at 300 dpi.

Note that all of "dot"s above the Thamil characters are missing from the crudely printed old Text.

Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Chapter XI British - Page 151-152


Images estimated at 69 dpi(2 RixD) and 227 dpi(5 RixD) displayed at 50 dpi.

I thank Thomas Hockenhull of British Museum for sending me a scan of the 5 Rix Dollars note.