Central Bank of Ceylon - Rs 5
Bradbury Wilkinson Essay - date 1964-6-12
A Bradbury Wilkinson Banknote design Essay for a new Back of Rupees Five.
The date of essay scribbled on essay board is 1965-6-1.
The Rs 5 had statue of Sage Pulasthi as the back Pictorial since 1952.
These are designs for backs of Rs 5 notes after the replacement of the SWRD
image with statue of Sage Pulasthi subsequent to the UNP victory at the
Parliamentary elections held on 1965 March 20th.
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Back Pictorial A
A paneling from Embekka ?
| Back Pictorial B
A paneling from Embekka ?
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Back Pictorial C
A paneling from Embekka ?
| Back Pictorial D
Lankathileke standing Buddha image house, medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
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Front Pictorial
Statue of Sage Pulasthi (Popular King ParakramaBahu 1053-1086)
in medieval city of Polonnaruwa.
| Back Pictorial E
Stone Throne of King Nisanka Malla, medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
Base Color | : Red (Default color) |
| Under-print | : Unknown |
English | : Five Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 114x 59 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 815 |
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Front: Pictorial on right facing Forward left.
At top ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala.
ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in few lines.
In Sinhala රුපියල් පහයි
Thamil ஐந்து ரூபாய்
and English Ten RUPEES.
The Numeric date 1964-6-12 without leading zero below which
Sinhala signature N. M. Perera above
මුදල් ඈමති,
and Sinhala signature W. Rajapatirana above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති
Both Date and Signatures are just place holderes as designs were
essayed 2 years later in 1966 May after the 1965 victory of UNP.
Serial No at lower left and upper right.
Back: On top
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
Value in Sinhala රුපියල්
Thamil ரூபாய்.
and English RUPEES.
At bottom margin in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LD NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.
The back essay was not listed with Auction, or any other found online.
The Gray-scale photographic essay presented as Sepia tone, athough they
would hva been Red as in the Rs 5 note of the era.
The notes at xx,xx,xx and xx dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming
height of 1960 notes.
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2016 January 16th Auction lot 826, remained Unsold for HK$2,000-2,400 +20%BP+V