Bradbury Wilkinson Essay for
Central Bank of Ceylon
with date 1975-10-06
A Banknote design Essay series from Bradbury Wilkinson with date
1975-10-06 which was not adopted by the Central Bank of Ceylon for
issue of Currency Notes.
A Rs10 currency Notes issued with that date used the existing design
with the drawing of statue of Sage Pulasthi in medieval city of Polonnaruwa, Sri lanka
adopted for notes of all denomination notes in 1964, and only the
lower denominations since 1971.
Appears to be a Proposed series of Flora and Fauna notes designed
before issue the 1979 Flora and Fauna series, which included the Rs20
note for the first time.
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| Denomination | : 2 Rupees |
Base Color | : Green |
| Under-print | : Pink Violet & Yellow |
English | : Two Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දෙකයි |
Thamil | : இரண்டு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 108x 60 mm |
Spink Auction 12023 lot 236 |
| Front Pictorial : | Pelican on lower leftm Banana tree to left.
| | Back Pictorial : | Pelican right of center facing left front.
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
Base Color | : Red & Yellow |
| Under-print | : Violet Blue & Yellow |
English | : Five Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 118x 64 mm |
Spink Auction 13004 lot 300 |
| Front Pictorial : | Leaping Stag facing right on left.
| | Back Pictorial : | Pair of Walking Deer facing left at center.
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| Denomination | : 10 Rupees |
Base Color | : Green |
| Under-print | : Pink Violet & Yellow |
English | : Ten Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දහයයි
| Thamil | : பத்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 127x 67 mm |
Spink Auction 13034 lot 214 |
| Front Pictorial : | Stylised Parrot on lower left, Pineapple with leaves at center.
| | Back Pictorial : | Pair of stylised Parrots in center
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| Denomination | : 20 Rupees |
Base Color | : Blue |
| Under-print | : Green & Yellow |
English | : Twenty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් විස්සයි |
Thamil | : இருபது ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 137 x 70 mm |
Spink Auction 13034 lot 215 |
| Front Pictorial : | Peacock at lower left, Araliya flowers with leaves at center.
| | Back Pictorial : | Peacock on display facing left at center.
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| Denomination | : 50 Rupees |
Base Color | : Red & Yellow |
| Under-print | : Green Blue & Orange |
English | : Fifty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පනහයි |
Thamil | : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 146x 73 mm |
Spink Auction 13004 lot 301 |
| Front Pictorial : | Leopard facing right on branch with foliage on left | | Back Pictorial : | Leopard facing left on branch with foliage at center
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| Denomination | : 100 Rupees |
Base Color | : Green |
| Under-print | : Pink & Blue |
English | : One Hundred Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් සියයයි |
Thamil | : நூறு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 156 x 76 mm |
Spink Auction 13034 lot 216 |
| Front Pictorial : | Bull at lower left with Hibiscus (Shoe) flowers with leaves at center
| | Back Pictorial : | Pair of Bulls at center with Hibiscus flowers to upper left and right.
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Front:
At top ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON below in English above
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
in three lines. The Numeric date 1975-10-06 with leading zero below which Facsimile
Sinhala signature of N. M. Perera above මුදල් ඈමති, and of Herbert Tennekoon
above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below.
Value in Sinhala රුපියල්
Thamil ரூபாய்
and English RUPEES
Serial No at lower left and upper right shown on Rs10.
Back: On top
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil
and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English below.
Value in Sinhala රුපියල්
Thamil ரூபாய்
and English RUPEES
At bottom margin in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LD NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.
The Serial Numbers and Signatures printed on transparencies have been
pasted on the essay as seen by brownish highlight on the front
images. The Signature transparency on the Rs5 may have got detached
and affixed upside-down. That was digitally corrected. Click on image
to see original image obtained from Auction listing.
The Serials on the Rs20 and the lower left serial on the Rs50 and
Rs100 appear to have got lost leaving a brown stains visible in
locations.
In IBNS WhatsApp group
Jaime said
Those are indeed pasted and with not always the best glue, so that
many detach and are lost over time
Andrew said
About 50% of the essays out there have missing bits, or bits that
have fallen off, or bits that were never completed to begin with.
Colin said
Sometimes glue remanants could be from a piece that fell off, or
sometimes it could just be stray glue. It is also quite possible that
a piece can fall off without leaving any residual trace of glue, or a
certain design element was never added to that particular model in the
first place.
The notes at 110,164,224,197,134 and 176 dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming
height of 1979 notes.
If you have images of higher resolution
please contribute to kavanr @ gmail.com
From 2012 October 2nd Spink Auction lot 236 and
from 2013 April 10th Spink Auction lots 300-301 and
from 2013 December 5th Spink Auction
lots 214-216 sold for a grand total of £11900 +44%BP+V
2013 December lots were listed again 2018 October 3rd Spink Auction
in PCGS Currency holders as part of Ibrahim Salem collection of World banknotes
lots 112-114 with total estimate £4300-£5600 and remained unsold.