5 Rupees Upasampada Rite

5 Rupees (Upasampada Rite) - obverse5 Rupees (Upasampada Rite) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sri LankaSri Lanka (1972-date)
Period Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Year 2003
Value 5 Rupees
5 LKR = USD 0.017
Currency Rupee (1972-date)
Composition Aluminium bronze
Weight 9.5200 g
Diameter 23.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
18076
References KM# 168
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

250th Anniversary of the “Upasampada” Rite

Obverse

Forward-facing portrait of Phra. Upali Nahimi within plain interrupted circle, flanked on either side by the dates 1753 and 2003, and the number 250 in larger font across the lower part of the portrait.

Legend PHRA. UPALI NAHIMI above, Sinhala on top, Tamil and English on either side in the outer circle. SYAMOPASAMPADA ANNIVERSARY in Sinhala bridging the gap in the inner circle, with the same in Tamil and English in smaller lettering below in the outer rim, separated from the legend above by five-pointed stars.

Lettering:
PHRA. UPALI NAHIMI
புவர உபாலி நாஹிமி
1753 2003
250
SYAMOPASAMPADA ANNIVERSARY
சியாமோபசம்பதா ஆண்டு நிறைவு

Reverse

Face value of the coinAutomatically translated

Lettering:
ශ්‍රී ලංකා SRI LANKA
இலங்கை
රුපියල් පහයි
FIVE RUPEES
ஐந்து ரூபாய்
2003

Edge

Lettering: C. B. S. L. ශ්‍රී. ලං. ම. බැ.

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

Coin set issued by Central Bank of Sri Lanka:



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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2003  4 000 000 $ 0.83 $ 0.83 $ 0.83 $ 2.40

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