2 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon

2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon) - obverse2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sri LankaSri Lanka (1972-date)
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.

Obverse

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.

Reverse

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

Watermark

Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw.

2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon) -  obverse

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Comments

First issue of the Endemic Flower & Fauna series.

P83a, signature Ronald Joseph Godfrey (Ronnie) de Mel
De Mel was Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka from July, 23th., 1977 until January 18th., 1988.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
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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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 95
Lot 188
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 9.72
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 235
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 6.48
(EUR 6.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 78
Lot 2059
Internet Archive
1 Mar 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 8.64
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 568
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 6.48
(EUR 6.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 569
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 7.56
(EUR 7.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)Picture 1 of a sold 2 Rupees (Central Bank of Ceylon)
Katz
Auction 91
Lot 1655
Internet Archive
8 Aug 2023 Undetermined XF USD 8.64
(EUR 8.00)
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