The Government of Ceylon
Specimens 1917-1939

The Ceylon Board of Commissioners of Currency issued Bi-face currency notes of One, Two, Five, Ten, Fifty, and Thousand Rupee denominations dated from 1917 to 1939 with legal statement Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of ... RUPEES.
Some circulated Currency notes have been Stamped with SPECIMEN on middle top and bottom in Black or Red and taken out of Circulation as examples of the currency mote.
According to Late Mr Tuan Sallay they overprinted SPECIMEN either in RED or BLACK. RED OVERPRINTS were given officially and the BLACK overprints was sent to all the Central Banks to be displayed in their archives (known as the ARCHIVAL SPECIMENS)

See also Regular Bi-face Specimen S-Notes with 00000 Zero Serial.

Blue on Green - 1917-1939
114x64 mm - Rs 1 note
Black & Green - 1925-1939
127x76 mm - Rs 2 note
Black & Green - 1925-1928
165x127 mm - Rs 5 note
Black, Pink & Green - 1929-1939
140x89 mm - Rs 5 note
ccgc/1926-06-01_tgoc_10r_C32-38633_sf.jpg Black, Brown & Green - 1925-1928
191x126 mm - Rs 10 note
Black, Pink & Green - 1929-1939
152x102 mm - Rs 10 note
Black, Brown & Green 1929-1939
165x114 mm - Rs 50 note
Black, Brown & Green 1929-1934
203x152 mm - Rs 1000 note

Stamped at Top and Bottom middle in Black SPECIMEN on 1827 Rs5, and 1926 and 1938 Rs10.
or in Red SPECIMEN on the Specimen notes available with images.
Need to find similar Biface Specimen images of Rs 1, Rs50 and Rs1000

I thank the owner for the contribution of images of the rare 1927 Rs5, and 1926 and 1938 Rs10 Specimens Specimens which he had obtained by private sale.
Including Specimen notes from Auctions and Numismatic Archives they are displayed at 25 dpi.

See other Specimen S-Notes in notes.lakdiva.org.lk a website for
Banknotes of Ceylon and Sri Lanka since 1785.