Central Bank of Ceylon
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike - 1972 to 1974-07
High Denoination Currency Notes issued from 1972 to 1974-07 by the Central Bank of
Ceylon with the Portrait of Late Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike.
Similar in type to notes issued in 1971
except for the addition of ශ්රී
to name of country ශ්රී
ලංකා twice in legality statement, after
adoption of Republican Constitution on 1972 May 22.
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| Denomination | : 50 Rupees |
Base Color | : Blue |
| Under-print | : Purple and multicolor |
English | : Fifty Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පනහයි
| Thamil | : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 151 x 79 mm |
SCWPM-lk | : 79 |
| Back Pictorial : | Hills covered with Tea Plantation, eight Tea plucker on left, roads and a Tea Factory at bottom.
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| Deno. | Date on Note | Minister of Finance | Governor CBC | 1st Serial # | 000 Pcs |
| Rs.50 | 1972-12-28 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | N/1 : 00001 | 5,000
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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 | : 80b |
| 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 | 1974-07-16 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | W/29 30001 | 3,750
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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.
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
in three lines.
The Value in Sinhala
සියයයි
in two lines.
The Numeric date as Year-Month-Day. Facsimile
Sinhala signatures above
මුදල් ඈමති, on
left and
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below centered.
Value in Thamil ரூபாய்
and below value in English 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
at lower right within border. On bottom border
Value in Thamil ரூபாய் and value in English 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 blank space on the back, upper border only(Rs50) and all over(Rs100).
UV Printing:
In front In Orange 3 pairs each of denomination and Flag Lion with sword on left.
Also on right (Rs100), no Flag Lion, six 50 (Rs50).
In Back Floral design on Vertical border on either side in orange and a band of Micro-Printing in Yellow.
| Minister of Finance | Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1972-12-28 1974-07-16
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| N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon |
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Each of the two high denominations, of this subtype post Republic with
leading Zero in date and UV printing was issued on single but different date
with same signature pair. There were same Finance Ministers and
Governors of Central Bank within 1.5 years. Both dates are represented above.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.