Oriental Bank Corporation (東藩匯理銀行) Currency & Banknote Values

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The Oriental Bank Corporation (東藩匯理銀行) series of China Foreign Banks in the World Currency contains 6 distinct entries. Founded as the Bank of Western India in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1842, the bank moved its headquarters to London and was renamed the Oriental Bank in 1845,

The Oriental Bank Corporation (東藩匯理銀行) series of China Foreign Banks in the World Currency contains 6 distinct entries.

Founded as the Bank of Western India in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1842, the bank moved its headquarters to London and was renamed the Oriental Bank in 1845, and opened branches in Colombo (1843), Calcutta (1844), Shanghai (1845), Canton (1845), Singapore (1846), and Hong Kong (14.04.1846). The Oriental Bank acquired the failing Bank of Ceylon in 1850, and was granted a royal charter for the merged institution on 30 August 1851 as the Oriental Bank Corporation (OBC).

See Hong Kong chapter for other Oriental Bank Corporation issues.