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Auction: 14013 - World Banknotes
Lot: 241

(†) The Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, specimen, 50 Rupees, Galle, 1 January 1887, serial number G001501, black and white, green and brown protector, Queen Victoria enthroned as empress at left, Mercury with caduceus at right, arms at upper centre, reverse green and brown, value in guilloches, two medallic heads of Mercury at centre, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON
(Pick S153 unlisted date), pencil annotation at lower centre, otherwise good extremely fine, extremely rare and a handsome note

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