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Auction: 12023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 190

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 July 1880, serial number 13030, red-brown and white with value in green underprint low centre on background of interlocking concentric circles, royal arms top centre, value in oval frame top left and right, two manuscript signatures below, reverse brown and white, value at centre(PS 121), some thinning, and borders somewhat untidy otherwise VG to fine and extremely rare

Estimate
£7,500 to £8,000