LK:SCWPM #034 |
Front : Olive on Lilac and blue underprint. Portrait of King George
VI on the left, a water-mark panel on the right, and the value in
words ONE RUPEE in single lines in center and in
figures 1 slanted on the top two corners. GOVERNMENT of CEYLON
in an arc above THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT in
an arc and two lines. The date
appears above the two facsimile signatures
with COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY below.
The centered Serial number below. Lower the value
රුපියලයි in Sinhala on left, and
ஒரு ரூபாய் in Thamil on right.
Back : Olive on a Blue, Orange, Lilac tint underprint with Micro
printing text THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. Pictorial at center
with caption ELEPHANT'S HEAD with a Mahoot riding, Coconut Palm
behind and foliage in background. Centered on top THE GOVERNMENT
OF CEYLON in an arc. The value in figures 1 slanted on the
four corners. Lower the value
රුපියලයි in Sinhala on left, and
ஒரு ரூபாய் in Thamil on right.
Signatures of Commissioners of Currency | Date on BankNote | First Serial # | Mintage in K | Booklets | |
H.J. Huxham | C.H. Collins | 20TH DECEMBER 1941 | A/11 132001 | 4000 | |
A/15 132001 | 4090 | 163.6K | |||
19TH SEPTEMBER 1942 | A/19 222001 | 12000 | |||
A/31 222001 | 3528 | 141.12K | |||
A/34 750001 | 138 | ||||
4TH AUGUST 1943 | A/34 888001 | 6057 | |||
A/40 945001 | 2000 | 80K | |||
A/42 945001 | 500 | ||||
12TH JULY 1944 | A/42 995001 | 2500 | 100K | ||
A/45 495001 | 7295 | ||||
O.E. Goonetilleke | C.H. Collins | 24TH JUNE 1945 | A/52 790001 | 4000 | 160K |
A/56 790001 | 6474 | ||||
O.E. Goonetilleke | C.E. Jones | 7TH MAY 1946 | A/63 264001 | 3000 | 120K |
A/66 264001 | 5084 | ||||
1ST MARCH 1947 | A/71 348001 | 3000 | 120K | ||
A/74 348001 | 7195 | ||||
C.E. Jones | T.D. Perera | 1ST JUNE 1948 | A/81 543001 | 3000 | 120K |
A/84 543001 | 7000 | ||||
1ST MARCH 1949 | A/91 543001 | >3550 | >142K | ||
A/9? ???001 | >3658 | ||||
B/l 000001 | 3543 | ||||
B/4 543001 | 2945 | 117.8K | |||
B/? ???001 | >3687 |
Booklets issued with 25 Notes each with single staple on left on 1/4 inch (6 mm) perforated counterfoil with baige soft board covers on front and back. Printed on front cover GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON underlined with 25 CURRENCY NOTES OF Re. 1. in 3 lines below.
The notes were demonetized with all notes with denominations Rs 10 and lower dated before 1950 December 31st on 1955 August 26th and ceased to be legal tender with effect 1956 August 31st.
Please Help refine knowledge on Prefix+Serial and perferated edge in Ceylon bankNotes of 1948 and 1949. Thanks.
Notes have appered in numismatic market with no red color in front, and claimed to be a color variation. However, I have 3 Unc notes from the same booklet including the counterfoil. The Note which was the last note of the booklet has hardly any red color seen on two from middle of booklet. They clearly prove this effect to be color fading.
The details of this issue are from Sri Lanka Currency of Recent Times 1938-1985 T. M. U. Sallay, 1986 Colombo:Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
The Unc note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.