Items from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean close to Southeast India and has a population of 20 million. Until 1972 it was known as Ceylon. Ceylon refers to the island of (Sri) Lanka, and the colonial status of the island under (primarily) the Dutch and British. It was inhabited by various local kingdoms that issued their own coinage, such as the Kingdom of Kandy, until Portuguese colonial presence was established in the 16th century. The Dutch East Indies Company took over the whole island in the 17th century, but during the Napoleonic Wars, the British occupied the island in 1802, and the colony was officially seceded to the British in 1815. Coins were issued vis-à-vis the old Dutch Rixdollar until 1828; the Ceylon Rupee's coins were introduced in 1870. After WWII, when the British Indian Raj became independent in 1947, Ceylon was elevated to dominion status in 1948 too; it's independence in this form lasted until 1972, when it became a republic (Sri Lanka) within the Commonwealth. Read more

External links: Wikidata (Q854), Wikipedia

Periods from Sri Lanka: Ceylon (1597-1972), Sri Lanka (1972-date)

See also: Kingdom of Kandy

• Ceylon (1597-1972)
  • Xerafim (1580-1706)
  • Stuiver (1660-1796)
  • Rixdollar (1796-1828)
  • Pound (1828-1869)
  • Rupee (1871-1972)
• Sri Lanka (1972-date)
  • Rupee (1972-date)

Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date) • Rupee (1972-date)

100 Cents = 1 Rupee

1000 Rupees (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
1987-1990
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes
175 × 83 mm
P# 101, N# 235519

1000 Rupees
1991-1992
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes
157 × 79 mm
P# 107, N# 235520

1000 Rupees
1995
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes
157 × 78 mm
P# 113, N# 224338

1000 Rupees
2001-2006
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes
157 × 78 mm
P# 120, N# 213702

1000 Rupees (End of the Sri Lankan Civil War)
2009
Banknotes › Circulating commemorative banknotes: End of the Sri Lankan Civil War
157 × 77 mm
P# 122, N# 202540

1000 Rupees
2010-2024
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes: Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers
149 × 66 mm
P# 127, N# 206982

1000 Rupees (70th Independence Celebration)
2018
Banknotes › Circulating commemorative banknotes: Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers – 70 Years of Independence
148 × 67 mm
P# 130, N# 202542

2000 Rupees
2005-2006
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes
164 × 82 mm
P# 121, N# 210291

2000 Rupees (Stability for Prosperity)
2025
Banknotes › Circulating commemorative banknotes: Stability for Prosperity – 75th Anniversary of Central Bank of Sri Lanka
151 × 67 mm
TBB# 249, N# 483424

5000 Rupees
2010-2024
Banknotes › Standard circulation banknotes: Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers
153 × 67 mm
P# 128, N# 206097

Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date) • Unspecified currency

Medal - UNESCO Jetavana
ND
Commemorative medals › Company, institution and association medals: Cultural triangle project
Bronze • 148.80 g • ⌀ 60 mm
N# 197006