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Auction: 13018 - World Banknotes
Lot: 270

(†) The Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, specimen 10 rupees, Badulla, 1 January 1881, no serial numbers, black and white, value in red-pink and grey-brown panel at centre, arms top centre, Victoria as Empress enthroned at left, Mercury at right, reverse pink and blue, medallic female head at left and right, value in field
(Pick S137 for 1869 series), perforated SPECIMEN B.W.&Co. LONDON. This denomination not recorded in Pick, good extremely fine, most attractive and extremely rare both as a bank (1851-1884) and as a type

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Estimate
£3,500 to £4,500