Although the following essays bear the title Central Bank of Ceylon as their issuing authority, they were actually prepared during 1976-1976 (all dated 6 October 1975) towards the introduction of the countrys first series under its new name, Sri Lanka; all of the designs have similar motifs to the actual Sri Lankan first series, issued in 1979, an obverse and reverse composite essay on card for an unissued 10 Rupees, 6 October 1975, zero serial numbers, green on multicoloured underprint, stylised bird at lower left, reverse two stylised birds (Pick unrecorded, Linzmayer unrecorded), in PCGS Currency holders obverse 62 New, reverse 63 Choice New, unique, a charming essay (2)
