Government of Ceylon : 1941 - 1949
George VI Pictorial - Rs. 5.

King George VI Pictorial Five Rupees currency note issued dated from 1941 September to 1949 by the Board of Commissioners of Currency during WWII. Type has 9 dates with 4 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.
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LK:SCWPM #036
The Notes are 140 by 89 mm i.e. 5½ by 3½ inches and with a ¼ inch perforated counterfoil the booklets are 5¾ 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 : Brown 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 FIVE RUPEES in single lines in center and in figures 5 on the top two corners. GOVERNMENT of CEYLON above PROMISE TO PAY BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF in three lines. The date 1ST FEBRUARY 1941 appears above the two facsimile signatures H.J. Huxham & C.H. Collins with COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY below. The value රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala on upper left, and ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil on lower right. The Serial number on the lower left hand side and upper right hand side.
Back : Brown on Lilac and blue tint underprint with Micro printing text THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON. Pictorial at center with caption THUPARAMA DAGOBA with ruins and foliage in foreground. Centered on top THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON in an arc. The value in figures 5 in upper corners. Lower the value FIVE RUPEES centered and රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala on left, and ஐந்து 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 G/4 834001 2500
G/7 334001 500 25K
G/7 834001 90
19TH SEPTEMBER 1942 G/7 924001 4500
G/12 424001 500 25K
G/12 924001 400
4TH AUGUST 1943 G/12 964001 4500
G/17 464001 500 25K
G/17 964001 1750
G/19 714001 250 12.5K
G/19 964001 36
12TH JULY 1944 G/20 000001 1000 50K
G/21 000001 8690

O.E. Goonetilleke
C.H. Collins 		24TH JUNE 1945 G/29 690001 1000 50K
G/30 690001 6310

O.E. Goonetilleke
C.E. Jones 		7TH MAY 1946 G/37 000001 65
G/37 065001 750 37.5K
G/37 815001 3024
1ST MARCH 1947 G/40 839001 1000 50K
G/41 839001 20

C.E. Jones
T.D. Perera 		1ST JUNE 1948 G/41 859001 >991 >49K
G/43 133897 >2726
1ST MARCH 1949 G/45 859001 1500 75K
G/47 359001 1174 58.7K
G/48 550063 >423

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This complete Unc book of 20 1946-05-07 dated Rs5 notes was lost by my Grandfather Mudliyar P. D. Ratnatunga, in his almirah, and was only discovered after his passing 31 years later.
Booklets issued with 20 Notes each with single staple on left on 1/4 inch (6 mm) perforated counterfoil with navy soft board covers on front and back. Printed on front cover GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON underlined with 20 CURRENCY NOTES OF Rs. 5. 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.

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 waa scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.