| Denomination | : 1,000 Ryxds |
| Dutch | : Een Duyzent |
| Sinhala | : පතාග දාහකට |
| Thamil | : இறையால ஆயிரம் (௲) |
| Size | : 162 x 249 mm |
| Date | : 18 January 1794 |
| Status | : Cancelled |
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Front: No ... Goed voor Ryksdaalders 1000
| Zegge Een Duyzent Ryksdaalders. |
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WY ondergetekende Certificeeren, dat Thoonder dee- zes, by de Compagnie te goet heeft Een Duyzent Ryksdaalders van 48 zwaare Stuyvers, Indisch-Geld. voor welkers waerde dees Kreditbrief overal ten dee- zen Eilande gangbaar zal gehouden worden |
| ඉලක්කම පතාග |
| දාහකට හොදයි ෴ |
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මෙක පෙනනන
අයගෙ:
ඊන්දියාවෙ
මුදල්වු පතාගයට ඉස්තිබ්රි හතලිස් අටගනනේ පතාග දාහක් කොම්පඤෙඤ්වෙත තිබෙනබව මෙහි පහල අතහන්කල අපි එලිදරවු කරනවායැ. එ වෙනි ගනනට මෙ විස්වාසකෙරිමෙ ලිවුම මෙ දිවයි නේ සැමතැනම වලගුවෙනඩ යෙදේයැ. |
| ம இலககம இறையால |
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௲.
ககு
நலலது
இதைககாணபிககிறவாகளுடைய
மு தல இநதியாலின னானையம இறையாலுககு இஸததிவிரி நாறபததெடடு வீதம இறையால ௲. கொமபஞஞியலி லெ யிருககிறபடிககு இதின கீளெ கையெளுதது வைககப படட நானகள நிசஞ சொலலுகிறொம. இவவிலஙகைத தீ வுககடுதத சகலலிடஙகளிலும இநத முதலொடுககுக கடதாகியநதது கைககு வளஙகுமபடிககு யொததுக கொளளபடும. |
Endorsement in English
| 3 pCent per annum on this Kredit Brief payable |
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by the British Government of Ceylon under the condition of the Sixth article of the Capitulation of Columbo. |
Back : Blank with probably handwritten Endorsements of interest (unavailable)
WaterMark : Need to Find out
Printed : Dutch Press in Colombo Fort which was founded in 1737 (Based on Sinhala & Tamil Fonts)
Size : The size of the Rubber Seal also stamped on the Dutch Kasnoot
measured in National Museum note, was used to estimated that the scan of
this note from book was 210 dpi
Observe that this 1794 note does not have the large Numeric Denomination on upper right which is seen on the 1795 note which please also see for more discussion, particularly on the "dot"s above the Thamil characters which are missing from this old Text.
The Endorsement in English and the Signature of George Gregory Collector for Colombo with Black rectangular personal Seal of Colonel James Stuart who led the British troops to take Ceylon from the Dutch, at the bottom was added by the British, after they accepted the liability and agreed to pay 3% interest for up to £50,000 of Kredit Brieven and Kas Nooten still in Circulation.
On the upper right corner of this Note there is the oldest Endorsement which says Interest Paid from 15th February to 15th August 1796. This Interest at 3% per annum would have been 15 Ryxds for 6 months.
This image of a 1,000 Ryxds note is published in 1938 B. W. Fernando in his book Ceylon Currency British Period 1796-1936, (Plate No 1).
I thank Pathum Egodawatta of the Akuru group for recognising the Sinhala and Tamil fonts used on the currency as those developed by the Dutch Press, and from that identifying the Printer.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Chapter X Dutch - Page 124, 144