Vignette
Personified “Commerce” sitting on articles of Merchandise in centre.
Obverse
BANK OF BENGAL in ornamented panel on the left in Bangla, Persian and Hindi. Calcutta in promise text. Manuscript serial number on either side, manuscript date with printed year in Promise text panel on right and manuscript date on left above promise text panel. Denomination in numerals and words in Bangla, Persian and Kaithi above vignette. FIVE HUNDRED in denomination panel at lower left. Entered by manuscript signature and For the BANK OF BENGAL.
Printed on paper of density 26 grams per square meter by Perkins & Heath, London using Patent Hardened Steel Plate.
Reverse
BENGAL BANK in Gothic and name of printer in top oval and type of plate in lower oval within an ornamental panel.
Watermark
Within an ornamented rectangle, BANK OF BENGAL in first line; Bangla and Hindi in the second line, Persian in the third line.
Note
- The printers by 1822 were known as “Perkins & Heath”. In 1829, Heath gave up his shares and J. B. Bacon bought in as “Perkins & Bacon”. Henry Petch joined in 1835, and thus the firm was actually known as “Perkins, Bacon & Petch”. When Petch died in 1852, the firm became just “Perkins, Bacon”.
- An additional manuscript date added above the central panel on the left side.
Table
| Type No. | Denominations | Remark | Denomination Panel |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1A.3.3.1 | 10 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.2 | 1 Gold Mohur (16 Sicca Rupees) | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.3 | 50 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.4 | 100 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.5 | 250 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.6 | 500 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.7 | 1000 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
| 1A.3.3.8 | 10000 Sicca Rupees | Also specimen proof on card |  |
