Lanka Currency Collection
Date List of Currency of Ceylon / Sri Lanka since 1885 -
-- Edited as of 2022-Sept-2
Type set before 1940 -- VG or better if not costly
Signature set since 1940 -- F or better if not costly or SPecimen
Date set since 1950 -- VF or better
Date set since 1972.5 -- Unc if available, else XF or better
Date set since 1995 -- Unc Pair (under $10) + Replacement VF or better
No Grade indicates an issue not in Collection.
Each Pick type may have a number of issue dates and different Signatures
A number after Unc grade is Multiple copies
... .-- => Only change of date. Same type & signatures in collection.
--- => Only change of date AND signature Same type in collection.
+-- => Needed for After 1940 Type Set
$.. => Probably too expensive
$F. => Facsimile printed.
.U. => Replacement Unknown but may have been issued.
.T. => Replacement Unknown and may not have been issued.
Grade and -- => Note in collection that needs upgrade
Pick year-mm-dd Rs.ct Prefix Grade Signatures
------------------ Type Set --VG or better----------------------------------
P017 1917-03-01 2 A/ U $F+ R. E. Stubbs & Bernard Senior
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P016a 1920-12-01 1 B/ ... Graeme Thomson & Bernard Senior
P016a 1921-10-01 1 C/ ... Graeme Thomson & Bernard Senior
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P016b 1932-08-01 1 M/ ... W. W. Woods & W. E. Wait
-------------------Date Set F or better (Ignore Perf Prefix Under Rs50 ) ----
1941-1949 -- King George VI "This Note is Legal Tender for the Payment of Any Amount"
P035 1941-12-20 2 E/ ... H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins
P013 1943-08-04 10 J/ ... H. J. Huxham & C. H. Collins
-------------------Signature Set --VF or better----------------------------
P013 1946-05-07 10 J/ P-- Cut O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones
P038 1947-03-01 100 L/ $-- O. E. Goonetilleke & C. E. Jones
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P013 1948-06-01 10 J/ --- C. E. Jones & T. D. Perera
---------------- Independence CBC --- Date Set ---VF or better------------------
1956-1959 -- Ceylon Armorial Ensign (Sinhala Only)
P058a 1957-05-31 5 G/ VF- inf Stanley de Zoysa & A. G. Ranasinha
P056a 1958-04-09 1 B/ ... Stanley de Zoysa & A. G. Ranasinha
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1960-1962 -- Ceylon Armorial Ensign (Sinhala Only) - Metal Thread
P058c 1960-08-18 5 G/ VF- w Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike & W. Rajapatirana
1963-1965.5 -- S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike (Sinhala Only)
P065b 1963-06-05 50 R/ ... T. B. Illangaratne & W. Rajapatirana
P062b 1964-04-11 2 E/ VF- w T. B. Illangaratne & W. Rajapatirana
1965-1968 -- King Parakramabahu (Sinhala Only)
P068a 1965-09-09 5 G/ AU inb U. B. Wanninayake & W. Rajapatirana
1970 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike (Hand raised) Printer Thomas DeLaRu, Replacements W/1 V/1
P078 1970-10-26 100 V/1 * .P. N. M. Perera & William Tennekoon
----------------------------- Republic CBC --- Date Set -------- XF or better
1973-1974.6 King Parakramabahu (+Sri)
P074c 1973-08-21 10 M/ XF w N. M. Perera & Herbert Tennekoon
1981-1985 -- Sri Lankan Archaeological and Historical (CBC)
P089 1985-01-01 500 J/ VF LDash Ronnie de Mel & Warnasena Rasaputram
1995 -- Sri Lankan Heritage (+emblem blanked)
P109a 1995-11-15 20 Z/2 * F C. B. Kumaratunga & A. S. Jayawardena
2013 -- CHOGM Commemorative
P123 2013-11-15 500 Z/5 * .P. Mahinda Rajapaksa & Ajith Nivard Cabraal
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U ==> Uniface
DKS - 1989 Rs10 Rs50 Rs100 - Dot after H. N. S. Karunatilake Signature
.U. - Example not Seen or Reported with image. Probably issued
.N. - Example Reported but Awaiting image.
NYI - Not Yet Issued.
NIY - No Information Yet (if printed)