Government of Ceylon : 1941
George VI Pictorial - Rs. 2.

King George VI Pictorial Two Rupees currency note issued with dates between 1941 September and 1949 by the Board of Commissioners of Currency during WWII Type has 9 dates with 3 Signature pairs and legend This note is Legal Tender ... As they were also issued in booklets all Dates have two varieties left edge perforated or straight.
1946_kgvi_r2_front 1941_02_kgvi_r2_back
LK:SCWPM #031
The Notes are 127 by 76 mm i.e. 5 by 3 inches and with a ¼ inch perforated counterfoil the booklets are 5¼ inches wide.
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 Brown, and blue underprint. Portrait of King George VI on the left, a water-mark panel on the right, and the value in words TWO RUPEES in single lines in center and in figures 2 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 රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala on left, and இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil on right.
Back : Violet on a Lilac, Green, and Orange tint underprint with Micro printing text THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. Pictorial at center with caption SIGIRIYA ROCK with lake and foliag in foreground. Centered on top THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON in an arc. The value in figures 2 on four corners, with upper two slanted. Lower the value රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala on left, and இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil on right.

Signatures of Commissioners of CurrencyDate on BankNoteFirst Serial #Mintage
in K		Booklets

H.J. Huxham
C.H. Collins 		20TH DECEMBER 1941 E/4 777001 2500
E/7 277001 1000 40K
E/8 277001 38
19TH SEPTEMBER 1942 E/8 315001 4000
E/12 315001 1035 41.4K
4TH AUGUST 1943 E/13 350001 4000
E/17 351001 1000 40K
E/18 350001 295
12TH JULY 1944 E/18 645001 1500 60K
E/20 145001 4377

O.E. Goonetilleke
C.H. Collins 		24TH JUNE 1945 E/24 522001 1500 60K
E/26 022001 4669

O.E. Goonetilleke
C.E. Jones 		7TH MAY 1946 E/30 691001 1000 40K
E/31 691001 2955
1ST MARCH 1947 E/34 646001 1500 60K
E/36 146001 4544

C.E. Jones
T.D. Perera 		1ST JUNE 1948 E/40 690001 >773 >31K
E/42 ???001 >4219
1ST MARCH 1949 E/46 690001 1000 40K
E/47 690001 5000
E/52 690001 2005 80.2K
E/5? ???001 >1822

Booklets issued with 25 Notes each with single staple on left on 1/4 inch (6 mm) perforated counterfoil with colored soft board covers on front and back. Printed on front cover GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON underlined with 25 CURRENCY NOTES OF Rs. 2. in 3 lines below. (guess based on Re 1)

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.

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 XF note waa scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.