Issuer | Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date) |
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Issuing bank | Central Bank of Ceylon |
Period |
Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
|
Type | Standard banknote |
Year | 1979 |
Value | 2 Rupees 2 LKR = USD 0.0067 |
Currency | Rupee (1972-date) |
Composition | Paper |
Size | 108 × 59 mm |
Shape | Rectangular |
Number | N# 210421 |
References |
P# 83
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes. |
Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English.
Black ruby barb (puntius nigrofasciatus) swimming left, with rocks in upper background.
Lettering:
இரண்டு ரூபாய்
TWO RUPEES
රුපියල් දෙකක්ශ්
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
මුදල් ඈමති
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
1979 – 03 – 26
Puntius nigrofasciatus
Translation:
Two Rupees
Two Rupees
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Issued on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka.
This currency note is legally valid for payment of any amount within Sri Lanka.
{signature of Ronnie de Mel}
Finance Minister
{signature of Warnasena Rasaputram}
Governor of the Central Bank
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Central Bank of Ceylon.
Tamil lacewing butterfly (cathosia nietneri nietneri) and Ceylonese tree skink (Dasia haliana) atop Murraya cleniei plant.
Lettering:
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
රුපියල් දෙකයි
இரண்டு ரூபாய்
Two Rupees
Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw.
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Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||||
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Undetermined | ||||||||||||||
1979 | 2% | P#83s. Specimen | ||||||||||||
1979-Mar-26 | 60 000 000 | $ 0.63 | $ 0.83 | $ 1.10 | $ 3.00 | $ 6.10 | $ 6.10 | 94% | P#83a |
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