Identifier
2011-09-0019-005
Title
Currency (Ceylon '5 Rupees')
Type
Personal Belongings Other
Description
1 x bank note inscribed with ' THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON / Promises to pay the Bearer / on Demand the Sum of / FIVE RUPEES / Colombo , 2nd October 1939 / FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF CEYLON ' - ' E 99 07751 ' - ' COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY ' - elaborate decorative patterns and palm tree / elephant motifs printed in black , green and red ink on recto and verso
Creator
Coverage
1939
Medium
Paper and pigment
Format
Provenance
Date
Second World War, 1939-1945
Audience
Case 72
Source
Mr F Kairl
Date Created
41221