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Chief of State, Head of Government:
President Mahinda RAJAPAKSE
19.11.2005 - present

CEYLON Banknotes, 1785 - 1974 Issues
- PAGE CATALOG NUMBERS DENOMINATIONS DATES

ISSUING AUTHORITY
 DUTCH ADMINISTRATION
On 12 May 1656 the Dutch take Colombo and Ceylon becomes a Dutch colony
Ceylon Paper Money, United East India Company Issues S11 P.S11 - P.S46 1 - 500 Rixdollars 1785 - 96 United East India Company
BRITISH ADMINISTRATION
On 16 Feb 1796 the British take Colombo and Ceylon is occupied under the British East India Company rule
On 12 October 1796 Ceylon is established as a separate British Colony.
On 1 January 1802 Ceylon becomes a British Crown Colony.
 
 Foreign Bank Issues
CEYLON, 1865 S101 P.S101 - P.S109 10/- = 5 Rupees
- £10		 1865 - 66 Asiatic Banking Corp.
Images Needed S111 P.S111 - P.S114 £1 - £20 18xx Bank of Ceylon
Images Needed S117 P.S117 - P.S129 10/0 - 1,000 Rupees 1867 - 80 Chartered Mercantile Bank
India, London & China
Images Needed S131 P.S131 5/- 18xx Mercantile Bank
India, London & China
CEYLON, 1869-84 S136 P.S136 - P.S161 5 - 100 Rupees 1869 - 84 Oriental Bank Corp.
 
 General Treasury Issues
CEYLON, 1870'S 3 P.3 - P.5 £1 - £5 18xx General Treasury of Ceylon
Images Needed 7 P.7 - P.8 2 - 5 Rixdollars 1809 - 26 General Treasury of Ceylon
 
 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1885 - 1926 11 P.11 - P.15 5 - 10 Rupees 1885 - 1926 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1914-39 16 P.16 - P.20 1 - 100 Rupees 1914 - 39 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1925-39 21 P.21 - P.29 2 - 1,000 Rupees 1925 - 39 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941 30 P.30 - P.33 1 - 10 Rupees 1941 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941-49 34 P.34 - P.39 1 - 1,000 Rupees 1941 - 49 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1942-49 40 P.40 - P.45 25 to 50 Cents 1942 - 49 Government of Ceylon
 
 Rubber & Tea Coupons
CEYLON, 1942 Rubber Coupons N415 N.415 - N.431 1 - 1,000 Pounds Rubber 1941 - 42 Rubber Controller of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941 Tea Coupons N440 N.440 - N.450 5 - 50 Pounds
Made Tea		 1941 Tea Controller of Ceylon
 
 Central Bank of Ceylon
On 4 February 1948 Ceylon achieves independence from Great Britain
CEYLON, 1951 47 P.47 - 48 1 - 10 Rupees 1951 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1952 49 P.49 - P.55 1 - 100 Rupees 1952 - 54 Central Bank of Ceylon
STATE OF CEYLON
 
 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1955-63 56 P.56 - P.61 1 - 100 Rupees 1955 - 63 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1961-65 62 P.62 - P.66 2 - 100 Rupees 1961 - 65 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON,1965-68 67 P.67 - P.71 2 - 100 Rupees 1965 - 68 Central Bank of Ceylon
On 22 May 1972 the country name was changed to Sri Lanka
CEYLON, 1969-77 72 P.72 - P.76 2 - 100 Rupees 1969 - 77 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1970 77 P.77 - P.78 50 - 100 Rupees 1970 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON,1972-75 79 P.79 - P.80 50 - 100 Rupees 1972 - 75 Central Bank of Ceylon
For Later Issues see Sri Lanka
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AHB   We gratefully acknowledge A.H.Balwin & Son Auctions for providing images and information used in this section.

PPS  We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Percy Phiroze Siganporia, for providing images and information used in this section.

SN  We gratefully acknowledge Pete from Staples Numismatics, Inc. for providing images used in this section. Please visit his World Banknote website and eBay listings.



LINKS

Central Bank of Sri Lanka

 

 Brief Monetary History

Wikipedia - Barbados

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CIA World Factbook - Barbados

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