Bradbury Wilkinson
Central Bank of Ceylon
Essay with date 1966-1-15
A Bradbury Wilkinson Banknote design Essay series with the date
1966-1-15 with a scribbled date of 1966-1-11 on Black & White Photographic print.
The Front on right has a drawing of the Statue of Sage Pulasthi
(Popular King ParakramaBahu 1053-1086) in medieval city of Polonnaruwa,
Sri Lanka facing forward left.
The Back has images of Pictorial sights of Lanka.
A series of notes designed for the replacement of the SWRD Image after
the victory in the Parliamentary elections held on 1965 March 20th of
the UNP led by Dudley Senanayake son of D. S. Senanayake.
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| Denomination | : 2 Rupees |
English | : Two Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දෙකයි |
Thamil | : இரண்டு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 114x 59 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 814 |
| Back Pictorial : |
Kandy Lake scene with island in middle, Temple of the Tooth relic and mountains in Background.
Foliage in foreground right of center next to Makara outline on watermark panel on left.
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 125x 64 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 820 |
| Back Pictorial : |
Seaside scene with Traditional Catamaran with single fishermen on
with a dozen Coconut Palms at end of beach in center background.
Water-drop watermark panel on left.
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| Denomination | : 10 Rupees |
English | : Ten Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දහයයි
| Thamil | : பத்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 140x 70 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 816 |
| Back Pictorial : |
Rural scene with farmer ploughing rice paddy field with two bulls,
Mountains and Terraced fields in background.
Oval watermark panel on left.
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| Denomination | : 50 Rupees |
English | : Fifty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පනහයි |
Thamil | : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 151 x 79 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 828 |
| Back Pictorial : |
Highland scene with Ravana Falls in Ella, Sri Lanka on left, Bird pointing left on tree in
center, and a traditional swan outline on watermark panel on left.
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| Denomination | : 100 Rupees |
English | : One Hundred Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් සියයයි |
Thamil | : நூறு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 162x 86 mm |
Spink Auction 16011 lot 829 |
| Back Pictorial : |
Tea Estate scene, Two female Tea pluckers with baskets on back, at Tea
Bush. Factory and Mountains in Background. Traditional Twin swan logo
at bottom of both left and right borders.
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Front:
On right facing forward left, Statue of Sage Pulasthi (Popular King
ParakramaBahu 1053-1086) in medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
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 four lines.
The Numeric date 1966-1-15 without leading zero at center.
Facsimile signatures in Sinhala of
U. B. Wanninayake above
මුදල් ඈමති,
and of W. Rajapatirana above
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති. below.
Value in Sinhala රුපියල්
Thamil ரூபாய்
and English RUPEES
Serial No at lower left and upper right.
Back: Pictorial scenes of Lanka.
On top
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
Value in Sinhala රුපියල්
Thamil ரூபாய்
and English RUPEES
Repeated Microprint
ශ්රී ලංකා
මහ බැංකුව.
Except on Rs100 at bottom margin in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LD NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.
The notes at xx,xx,xx,xx and xx dpi are displayed at about
50 dpi if assuming height of 1971 notes.
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In 2016 January 16th Spink Hong Kong
Auction
16011 lots 814,815,816,828,829 of
Photographic Essays Unsold for about Total US$1000+20%BP.
The Gray-scale images of archival photographic proofs have been Sepia toned.