Ceylon Dutch BankNote Catalog
Date List of Currency of Ceylon from 1785 till 1796
Printed by Dutch Press, Colombo.
Till 1794 the Date and Denomination may not have been Printed but hand written
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Dutch Ceylan Ryksdaalders Kredit Brief Notes
DB08 1785-05-10 D Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 100 S11 Cancelled 1787-04-05
DB09 1785-05-10 C Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 100 S12 Cancelled 1787-04-05
DB12 1785-05-10 B Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 10 S13 Cancelled 1787-04-05
DB13 1785-05-10 A Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 5 S14 Cancelled 1787-04-05
DB01 1785-10-24 E Colombo Ryxd 5 .L. 200 S21 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB02 1785-10-24 F Colombo Ryxd 10 .L. 200 S22 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB04 1785-10-24 G Colombo Ryxd 20 .L. 200 S23 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB08a 1785-10-24 H Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 40 S24 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09a 1785-10-24 I Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 100 S25 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB10 1785-10-24 K Colombo Ryxd 200 .L. 40 S26 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12a 1785-10-24 L Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 20 S27 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12b 1785-12-21 M Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 40 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13a 1785-12-21 N Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 10 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB08b 1786-05-01 D Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 100 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09b 1786-05-01 C Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 100 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12c 1786-05-01 B Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 10 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13b 1786-05-01 A Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 5 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09c 1787-01-10 P Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 100 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB10a 1787-01-10 P Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 20 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13c 1787-01-10 P Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 4 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09d 1787-04-11 Q Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 100 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB10b 1787-04-11 Q Colombo Ryxd 200 .L. 50 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB11 1787-04-11 Q Colombo Ryxd 400 .L. 24 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12d 1787-04-11 Q Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 20 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13d 1787-04-11 Q Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 9 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB25 1788-07-05 X Trincomalee Ryxd 25 .L. 97 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB28 1788-07-05 Y Trincomalee Ryxd 50 .L. 9 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB29 1788-07-05 Z Trincomalee Ryxd 100 .L. 8 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09e 1788-07-31 O Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 62 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB11a 1788-07-31 O Colombo Ryxd 400 .L. 19 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12e 1788-07-31 O Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 24 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13e 1788-07-31 O Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 2 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB10c 1788-09-24 N Colombo Ryxd 200 .L. 39 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB11b 1788-09-24 N Colombo Ryxd 400 .L. 88 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12f 1788-09-24 N Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 24 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13f 1788-09-24 N Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 12 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12g 1788-12-20 W Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 25 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13g 1788-12-20 W Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 9 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB31 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 5 .L. 482 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB32 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 10 .L. 198 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB35 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 25 .L. 39 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB38 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 50 .L. 7 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB40 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 200 .L. 8 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB42 1789-04-01 X Batticaloa Ryxd 500 .L. 4 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB31a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 5 .L. 445 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB32a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 10 .L. 294 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB35a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 25 .L. 40 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB38a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 50 .L. 20 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB40a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 200 .L. 4 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB42a 1790-07-12 Y Batticaloa Ryxd 500 .L. 1 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB09f 1791-04-28 Z Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 29 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB10d 1791-04-28 Z Colombo Ryxd 200 .L. 62 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB12h 1791-04-28 Z Colombo Ryxd 500 .L. 34 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB13h 1791-04-28 Z Colombo Ryxd 1000 .L. 9 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB01a 1791-08-10 AA Colombo Ryxd 5 .L. 27 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB05 1791-08-10 AA Colombo Ryxd 25 .L. 40 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB08c 1791-08-10 AA Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 38 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB01b 1791-10-19 BB Colombo Ryxd 5 .L. 198 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB02a 1791-10-19 BB Colombo Ryxd 10 .L. 38 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB03 1791-10-19 BB Colombo Ryxd 15 .L. 32 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB04a 1792-03-15 R Colombo Ryxd 20 .L. 25 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB05a 1792-03-15 R Colombo Ryxd 25 .L. 40 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB06 1792-03-15 R Colombo Ryxd 30 .L. 47 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB07 1792-03-15 R Colombo Ryxd 40 .L. 38 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB08d 1792-03-15 R Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 40 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB04b 1792-07-24 S Colombo Ryxd 20 .L. 29 Cancelled 1793-12-17
DB08e 1793-11-15 Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 15
DB05b 1794-01-18 Colombo Ryxd 25 .S. 855 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DB08f 1794-01-18 Colombo Ryxd 50 .L. 1032
DB09g 1794-01-18 Colombo Ryxd 100 .L. 1081
DB11c 1794-01-18 Colombo Ryxd 400 .L. 335
DB13i 1794-01-18 Colombo Ryxd 1000 .P. 232 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DB01c 1795-09-17 Colombo Ryxd 5 .S. 777 C. van Angelbeek & T. G. Hofland
DB02b 1795-09-17 Colombo Ryxd 10 .L. 814 C. van Angelbeek & T. G. Hofland
Dutch Ceylan Ryksdaalders Kash Noot Notes
DK01 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 1 .S. S41 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DK02 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 2 .L. S42 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DK03 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 3 .S. S43 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DK04 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 4 .S. S44 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DK05 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 5 .S. S45 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
DK06 1796-01-01 Colombo Ryxd 10 .S. S46 C. van Angelbeek & Abraham Samlent
.S. Scan available
.L. Listed in Codrington
.P. Have Photograph
.N. Reported. Need Image
Extracted from Coins and Currency of Ceylon by H. W. Codrington (1924) pages 141-142
Where did H. W. Codringto get the issue details of all these currency
notes of which Specimens are unknown.
The Pick numbers for the very few listed are given from
SCWPM Specialized Issues 12th Edition (2013).