World Banknotes

Oriental Bank Corporation, Ceylon, printers’ archival specimen 10 Rupees, Colombo, 1 January 1883, serial number range C250001 to C270000, head of Mercury at right, Queen Victoria as Empress seated at left, in PMG holder 63, choice uncirculated, a truly beautiful Bradbury Wilkinson engraving and an extremely rare note, with only two examples of this type listed on the PMG population report, a splendid banknote
Pick S142As £6,000-£8,000