ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
Ceylon Armorial Ensign - 1960-1963
Metal Security Thread

Denomination : 1 Rupee Base Color : Blue Under-print : Orange & Green English : One Rupee Sinhala :  රුපියලයි Thamil : ஒரு ரூபாய் Size : 108 x 60 mm SCWPM-lk :  56b Back Pictorial :  Moonstone and ornate stone stairway to Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Re.1 1960-8-18 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana B/45 000001 20,000 Re.1 1962-1-29 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana B/65 000001 30,000 Re.1 1963-6-5 T.B.Illangaratne W.Rajapatirana B/95 000001 5,000 Re.1 1963-6-5 T.B.Illangaratne W.Rajapatirana C/1   000001 5,000
Denomination : 2 Rupees Base Color : Brown & Lilac Under-print : Blue & Green English : Two Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දෙකයි Thamil : இரண்டு ரூபாய் Size : 121 x 67 mm SCWPM-lk :  57b Back Pictorial :  Circular Buddhist shrine, Medirigiriya Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.2 1960-8-18 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana E/65 500001 7,500 Rs.2 1962-1-29 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana E/73 000001 10,000
Denomination : 5 Rupees Base Color : Orange Under-print : Aqua, Green & Brown English : Five Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පහයි Thamil : ஐந்து ரூபாய் Size : 133 x 73 mm SCWPM-lk :  58b Back Pictorial :  Statue of sage Pulasthi in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.5 1960-8-18 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana G/40 300001 8,000 Rs.5 1962-1-29 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana G/48 300001 7,500
Denomination : 10 Rupees Base Color : Green Under-print : Violet, Brown & Blue English : Ten Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දහයයි Thamil : பத்து ரூபாய் Size :  146x 79 mm SCWPM-lk : 59b Back Pictorial :  Guard standing with pot of plenty (punkalasa) in his left hand and in the other a sprouting branch complete with leaves, buds and flowers. A pair of midgets (Bahirawa) at on either side of his feet.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.10 1960-8-18 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana L/86  000001 24,000 Rs.10 1960-8-18 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana M/1   000001 10,000 Rs.10 1961-4-7 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana M/10 000001 15,000 Rs.10 1963-6-5 T.B.Illangaratne W.Rajapatirana M/25 000001 10,000

Front: Ceylon Armorial Ensign, within panel on left. Similer panel for water-mark on the right. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
at upper centre above ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three or four lines. The Value in Sinhala රුපියල් in one or two lines at center. The Numeric date as Year-Month-Day without leading zero below. Facsimile Sinhala signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, on left and මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below to right. One Serial No at center for Re 1 and Rs 2 and twice on lower left and upper right for rest. Value in English RUPEES on left, at top or bottom and value in Thamil ரூபாய் on right always at bottom. All within a rectangular decorated border with Numeric Value in upper two corners and both, right or none of lower corners.
Back: Rectangular decorated border with Numeric Value in upper two corners and both, right or none of lower corners. Centered in border ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
at upper centre above on top or bottom, in Sinhala Text. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් at Upper, lower, or right. Within border, Top or Bottom, value in English RUPEES on left, and value in Thamil ரூபாய் on right.
Ceylon Pictorial on right or centered on micro under-print pattern with colored shading.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & C^O L^D NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.
Watermark: Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw, Lion Lighter with outline including whip darker than paper.
Security: Metal strip same width of 1 mm for all denominations

Although the general layout of all the notes are similer, the shape and location of each of the elements are slightly different for each of the denominations.

Denomination	Re 1	Rs 2	Rs 5	Rs 10
Portrait Panel	Oval	Squarish	Scallop	Scallop
Legality lines	3	4	3	4
Sin. Value lines	1	2	2	2
Front Lower Numbers	None	None	Both	Both
Back Lower Numbers	Right	Right	Both	Both
Back Sin. CBC Center	Top	Top	Top arc	Bottom
Front English Left	Bottom	Bottom	Upper	Upper
Front Thamil Right	Bottom	Bottom	Bottom	Bottom
Back Sinhala Center	Upper	Bottom	Right	Right
Back English Left	Bottom	Bottom	Bottom	Top
Back Thamil	BotCen	UppRig	BotRig	TopRig
Back Pictorial	Right	Right	Center	Center

Minister of Finance	Governor Central Bank of Ceylon
1960-8-18 1961-4-7 1962-1-29 Felix R. Dias Bandaranaike W.Rajapatirana
1963-6-5 T.B.Illangaratne W.Rajapatirana

Among the four denominations, each issued on 2 or 3 dates, there are 2 different signature pairs. There are 4 dates, Three (1960-62) with first and one (1963) with second. There were two Finance Ministers and one Governors of Central Bank within 2.8 years Both signature pairs and the four dates are represented above.

The Ten Rupees note of 1960-8-18 has both L and M seriel prefix.
The One Rupee note of 1963-6-5 has both B and C seriel prefix and was also the Last One Rupee currency note to be issued, as it was replaced by the 1963 One Rupee coin.

For collected details of the images on the Rs1 Banknote see NotesCollector.
The notes were scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.