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Auction: 12023 - World Banknotes
Lot: 191

Oriental Bank Corporation, 5 rupees, Colombo, 1 January 1881, serial number C 244693, black and white, Victoria as Empress seated at left, head of Mercury at right, value in pink underprint at centre, arms top centre, value at each corner, two manuscript signatures low centre, reverse blue and pink(cf PS 147), a Bradbury Wilkinson engraving, some rust holes otherwise VG and very rare

Estimate
£7,000 to £7,500