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.
See also Uniface Specimen CS-Notes
converted from circulation with Black or red Stamps.
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| Blue on Green - 1917-1939
114x64 mm - Rs 1
note
Click front to see 1927 hole punched.
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| Black & Green - 1925-1939
127x76 mm - Rs 2
note
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| Black & Green - 1925-1928
165x127 mm - Rs 5
note
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| Black, Pink & Green - 1929-1939
140x89 mm - Rs 5
note
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| Black, Brown & Green - 1925-1928
191x126 mm - Rs 10
note
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| Black, Pink & Green - 1929-1939
152x102 mm - Rs 10
note
Click front to see 1934 Perfin CANCELLED with No prefix 000000 Serial
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| Black, Brown & Green 1929-1939
165x114 mm - Rs 50
note
Click to see 1929 with A/1 prefix single punched hole
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| Black, Brown & Green 1929-1934
203x152 mm - Rs 1000
note
Click front to see 1929 with double perfin CANCELLED
Click again to see 1929 A/1 Prefix with no Perfin
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Red SPECIMEN not stamped on any of the
Specimens.
Punched with small holes 
in all but the two Rs10 and the Rs50 specimen.
Two holes punched in large 1928 Rs5 over signatures, single hole in small
1929 Rs10 and Rs50.
I thank the owner for the contribution of images of the very rare
1931 Rs50, and 1934 Rs1000 Specimens which he had obtained by private
sale.
The Specimen notes from at Auctions and Numismatic Archives 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.