Central Bank of Ceylon
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike - 1971
High Denoination Currency Note issued in 1971 by the Central Bank of
Ceylon with the Portrait of Late Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike,
including for the first time for enhanced Security, printing which was
visible only under Ultra-Violet light.
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| Denomination | : 100 Rupees |
Base Color | : Brown |
| Under-print | : Purple, Green & Orange |
English | : One Hundred Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් සියයයි |
Thamil | : நூறு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 162 x 86 mm |
SCWPM-lk | : 80a |
| Back Pictorial : | Moonstone, Guard Stones and ornate stone stairway to Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
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| Deno. | Date on Note | Minister of Finance | Governor CBC | 1st Serial # | 000 Pcs |
| Rs.100 | 1971-12-18 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | W/1 00001 | 2,830
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Front: Portrait of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike smiling with teeth showing facing left, on right. Blank space for water-mark on the left.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
on top with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English belowith decreasing font size.
Below legality in Sinhala
ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three lines.
The Value in Sinhala
රුපියල් සියයයි
in two lines.
The Numeric date as 1971-12-18.
Facsimile Sinhala signatures above
මුදල් ඈමති, on
left and
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below centered.
Value in Thamil நூறு ரூபாய்
and below value in English ONE HUNDRED RUPEES at bottom center in decorative panel.
Serial No twice on lower left and upper right. All within a rectangular decorated border
with Numeric Value in all four corners. The lion facing
left with sword in right paw to right of Numeric on upper left
Lotus Flowers in bloom,
in lower left in background.
Back: Numeric Value in all four corners.
Centered in upper
border ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala Text,
below within border இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil on right and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English to left.
Value in Sinhala
රුපියල් සියයයි
at lower right within border. On bottom border
Value in Thamil நூறு ரூபாய் and value in English ONE HUNDRED RUPEES on right.
Ceylon Pictorial centered on micro under-print with colored shading.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & CO LD 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.
Micro-printing repeated in a range of varing small sizes in
Sinhala,
ශ්රීලංකාමහබැංකුව
covering all of blank space on the back.
UV Printing: In front 3 pairs each of denomination 100
and Flag Lion with sword on both left and right in Orange
In Back Floral design on Vertical border on either side in orange and
a band of Micro-Printing in Yellow.
The note design used after the 1970 demonetization
was considered an election violation as the "Hand" was the Political Symbol of the SLFP,
and the raised hand was removed from 1971, only to return in 2009
note with both hands.
1971 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
| Minister of Finance | Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1971-12-18
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| N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon |
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One denominations, issued with signature pair on one date, which is represented above.
Almost same type issued after Republican Constitution on 1972 May 22 with addition of
ශ්රී to name of country
ශ්රී ලංකා twice in legality statement
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.
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