Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 11021 - Ceylon Banknotes
Lot: 1447

Oriental Bank Corporation, 5 rupees, Badulla, 15 February 1864, serial number B1, black and white, royal arms top centre, value in circular frame top left and right, two manuscipt signatures below, reverse black spirographic design at centre (PS 136 for type, earliest date in Pick is 1869), an original good very fine with good body to the paper, an extremely rare (possibly unique) note in issued form and the first note issued by the newly opened Badulla branch and also one of the finest grade issued notes believed extant Estimate £ 5,000-7,000

Estimate
£5,000 to £7,000