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Auction: 15038 - Banknotes, Bonds and Shares, Coins and Medals of South East Asia sale during the International Exhibition
Lot: 58

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, perforated SPECIMEN
(Pick S137 for 1869 series), in PCGS holder number 58PPQ, choice about uncirculated, attractive and extremely rare both as a bank (1851-1884) and as a type

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SG$9,000