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Auction: 15008 - World Banknotes
Lot: 1645

(†) Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, printer's archival specimen 100 Rupees, 1 March 1884, serial number run C 15001 to C 17000, black and white, green and red protector, coat of arms of the bank at upper centre, Queen Victoria enthroned as empress at left, Mercury with caduceus at right, reverse green and reddish purple, medallic female heads at left and right, value in ornate guilloches in each corner and at upper and lower centre, perforated SPECIMEN BW & Co LONDON
(Pick S154s), pencil date 'May 13-84' in top left margin, otherwise good extremely fine, excessively rare and a handsome note

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