<> Ceylon Private BankNote Catalog 1844-1884 Bank of Ceylon : 1844-1849 Undated Printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch, London. BC00 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .S. BC01 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 S111 .S. BC02 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 2 .S. BC03 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 5 S112 .S. BC04 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 10 S113 .S. BC05 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 20 S114 .S. BC06 184x-__-__ Colombo £ 50 S115 .S. The Asiatic Banking Corporation 1864-1866 Undated Uniface Printed by Smith Elder & Co Engravers, London BA14 1865-06-29 Kandy £ 5 S108 .S. BA02 1865-__-__ Colombo s 10 S106A .S. BA12 1865-__-__ Kandy s 10 S106A .S. BA15 1865-__-__ Kandy £ 10 S109 .S. BA04 1865-09-01 Colombo £ 5 S103 .S. BA05 1865-11-01 Colombo £ 10 S104 .S. BA13 1865-11-01 Kandy £ 1 S107a .S. BA03 1865-12-01 Colombo £ 1 S102a .S. BA13a 1866-01-31 Kandy £ 1 S107b .S. BA03a 1866-05-01 Colombo £ 1 S102b .S. Undated Biface BA22 1865-11-01 Colombo s 10 S101a .S. BA32 1865-__-__ Kandy s 10 S106 .S. BA22a 1866-11-01 Colombo s 10 S101b .S. BA23 1866-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .S. The Mercantile Bank of India, London & China - Ceylon Branch Undated Printed by Batho & Co London BM01 1857-07-01 Colombo s 5 S131 .S. BM02 1857-07-01 Colombo £ 1 .S. BM02a 1857-07-01 Colombo £ 1 .S. No Printer name BM03 1857-07-01 Colombo £ 5 .S. BM20 1857-07-01 Kandy s 5 .S. The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China - Ceylon Branch BM12 1858-__-__ Colombo s 10 .L. BM13 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .L. BM14 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 5 .L. BM15 1858-__-__ Colombo £ 10 .L. BM21 1858-__-__ Kandy s 5 S127 .S. BM22 1859-__-__ Kandy s 10 .S. Printed by Perkins Bacon & Co, London BM32 1867-01-01 Colombo s 10 S117 .S. BM33 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 1 S118 .S. BM34 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 5 .S. BM35 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 10 S122 .S. BM36 186x-__-__ Colombo £ 50 .S. BM42 186x-__-__ Kandy s 10 .S. BM43 186x-__-__ Kandy £ 1 .S. BM44 186x-__-__ Kandy £ 5 .S. BM52 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121 .S. BM53a 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BM53b 1870-07-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BM54 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 S123 .S. BM55 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 100 S124 .S. BM56 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 500 S125 .S. BM57 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 1000 S126 .S. BM62 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 S129 .S. BM62a 1870-07-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BM63 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 .S. BM64 1870-07-01 Kandy Rs 50 .S. BM62b 1873-11-01 Kandy Rs 5 S121a .S. No overprint. BM52a 1877-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121b .S. BM52b 1880-07-01 Colombo Rs 5 S121c .S. BM72 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 5 .S. BM73 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 10 S128 .S. BM75 1880-07-01 Galle Rs 100 .S. BM72a 1883-01-03 Galle Rs 5 .S. The Oriental Bank - Ceylon Branch Undated Uniface Printed by Batho & Bingley, London. BO02 1846-__-__ Colombo s 10 .S. BO03 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 1 .S. BO04 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 5 .S. BO05 1846-__-__ Colombo £ 10 .S. The Oriental Bank Corporation - Ceylon Branch Undated Uniface Printed by Perkins Bacon & Petch, London. BO12 185x-__-__ Colombo Rs 5 .S. BO13 185x-__-__ Colombo Rs 10 .L. BM CIB 15751 C33713 BO22 185x-__-__ Kandy Rs 5 .S. Dated Biface Printed by Perkins Bacon & Co, London BO15 1862-11-15 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BM CIB 15752 C67305 BO14 1864-01-15 Colombo Rs 5 .S. BO15a 1864-01-15 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BO16 1864-01-15 Colombo Rs 50 .S. BO17 186x-__-__ Colombo Rs 100 .S. BO18 186x-__-__ Colombo Rs 1000 S146A .S. BO42 1864-02-15 Badulla Rs 5 S136 .S. BOx2 1864-02-15 Ceylon Rs 5 .S. BO43 1864-02-15 Badulla Rs 10 S137 .S. BO32 1864-02-15 Jaffna Rs 5 S156 .S. BO33 1864-02-15 Jaffna Rs 10 S158 .S. BO52 1866-02-15 Galle Rs 5 S147 .S. BO53 1866-02-15 Galle Rs 10 S148p .S. BO16a 1866-03-15 Colombo Rs 5 S141 .S. BO17b 1866-03-15 Colombo Rs 10 S143p .S. BO26 1866-03-15 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO27 1866-03-15 Kandy Rs 10 .S. BO52a 1866-06-15 Galle Rs 5 .S. BO54 1866-06-15 Galle Rs 50 S149 .S. BO52b 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 5 .S. BO53a 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 10 S148a .S. BO55 1867-02-15 Galle Rs 100 S150 .S. Dated Biface after adoption of Decimal Currency in Rupees BO73 1870-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BO82 1870-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO62 1870-01-01 Haldamulle Rs 5 S164 .S. BO63 1870-01-01 Haldamulle Rs 10 S165 .S. BO82a 1872-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO83 1872-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 .S. BO82b 1873-07-01 Kandy Rs 5 S161 .S. BO35 1873-10-01 Jaffna Rs 10 .S. BO82c 1874-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO75 1875-03-01 Colombo Rs 100 .S. BO93 1875-04-15 Galle Rs 10 .S. BO34 1875-06-01 Jaffna Rs 5 .S. BO75a 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 100 S146 .S. C6701 C7757 (BMC) BO74 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 .S. BO72 1876-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 .S. BO82d 1876-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO44 1876-01-01 Badulla Rs 5 .S. BO45 1877-04-02 Badulla Rs 10 .S. BO92 1877-05-01 Galle Rs 5 .S. BO73a 1877-12-15 Colombo Rs 10 S144a .S. BO74a 1880-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 S144 .W. SCWPM Rare Dated Biface Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Engravers &c. London. BO76 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 S142 .S. BO77 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 S142A .S. BO78 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 50 .S. BO79 1881-01-01 Colombo Rs 100 .S. BO86 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 5 .S. BO87 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 10 .S. BO88 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 50 .S. BO89 1881-01-01 Kandy Rs 100 .S. BO36 1881-01-01 Jaffna Rs 5 S155 .S. BO37 1881-01-01 Jaffna Rs 10 S157 .S. BO46 1881-01-01 Badulla Rs 5 .S. BO47 1881-04-02 Badulla Rs 10 .S. BO96 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 5 .S. BO97 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 10 S152a .S. BO98 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 50 .S. BO99 1881-01-01 Galle Rs 100 .S. BO66a 1881-01-01 Haldamulla Rs 5 .S. BO66 1881-01-01 NeweraEllia Rs 5 S168 .S. BO67 1881-01-01 NeweraEllia Rs 10 .S. BO76a 1883-01-01 Colombo Rs 5 .S. BO77a 1883-01-01 Colombo Rs 10 .S. BO77b 1883-12-01 Colombo Rs 10 S152b .S. BO96 1883-12-01 Galle Rs 5 .S. BO97a 1883-12-01 Galle Rs 10 .S. B076b 1884-03-01 Colombo Rs 5 S151 .S. BO78 1884-03-01 Colombo Rs 50 S153 .S. BO79 1884-03-01 Colombo Rs 100 S154 .S. .S. Scan available .L. Listed in Codrington/B.W.Fernando .W. Listed in SCWPM - Image not seenThe Pick numbers for the very few listed are given from SCWPM Specialized Issues 12th Edition (2013). I have been able to locate many more PrivateBank notes than listed in SCWPM. I suspect the few City/date listed in SCWPM and images not found online are probably cataloging errors in SCWPM, which does not list any of the 10 Colombo 1881-1884 issues I have listed above. So the Rs5 10, 50 and 100 issue dated 1884-01-01 attributed to Galle in SCWPM are assumed to be of Colombo.
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