Central Bank of Ceylon
King ParakramaBahu - 1973
Currency Notes issued in 1973 by the Central Bank of Ceylon with the
drawing of statue of Sage Pulasthi in Polonnaruwa, Sri lanka. Similar
in type to notes issued in between 1969
to 1972 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 | : 2 Rupees |
Base Color | : Brown & Lilac |
| Under-print | : Blue & Green |
English | : Two Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දෙකයි |
Thamil | : இரண்டு ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 114 x 59 mm |
SCWPM-lk | : 72b |
| Back Pictorial : | Circular Buddhist shrine,
Medirigiriya 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.2 | 1973-8-21 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | E/260 000001 | 30,000
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| Denomination | : 5 Rupees |
Base Color | : Orange |
| Under-print | : Aqua, Green & Brown |
English | : Five Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් පහයි |
Thamil | : ஐந்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 125 x 64 mm |
SCWPM-lk | : 73b |
| Back Pictorial : |
Stone Throne of King Nisanka Malla, 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.5 | 1973-8-21 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | G/155 700001 | 15,000
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| Denomination | : 10 Rupees |
Base Color | : Green |
| Under-print | : Violet, Brown & Blue |
English | : Ten Rupees |
| Sinhala | : රුපියල් දහයයි
| Thamil | : பத்து ரூபாய் |
| Size | : 140x 70 mm |
SCWPM-lk | : 74b |
| 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.
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| Deno. | Date on Note | Minister of Finance | Governor CBC | 1st Serial # | 000 Pcs |
| Rs.10 | 1973-8-21 | N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon | M/189 000001 | 25,000
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Front: Line drawing of Sage Pulasthi statue (called King
ParakramaBahu the Great ) facing forward, within panel on right.
Similar panel for water-mark on the left.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON below in English
at upper centre above
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 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 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 இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English below.
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 & 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 varying small sizes in
Sinhala text,
ශ්රීලංකා
මහ බැංකුව
covering all of blank space on the back.
Although the general layout of all the notes are similar, the shape
and location of each of the elements are slightly different for each
of the denominations.
| Denomination | Rs 2 | Rs 5 | Rs 10
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| Portrait Panel | Squarish | Scallop | Scallop
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| Legality lines | 3 | 3 | 3
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| Sin. Value lines | 1 | 1 | 2
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| Front Lower Numbers | None | Both | Both
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| Back Lower Numbers | Right | Both | Both
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| Front Tam. CBC Upper | Left | Left | Left
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| Front Eng. CBC Upper | Right | Left | Left
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| Back Sin. CBC Center | Top | Top arc | Bottom
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| Back Tam. CBC | UppCen | LowLef | LowLef
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| Back Eng. CBC | UppCen | LowRig | LowRig
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| Front English Bottom | Right | Center | Center
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| Front Thamil | BotLef | LowCen | LowCen
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| Back Sinhala Center | Bottom | Right | Right
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| Back English | UppRig | UppRig | TopRig
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| Back Thamil | UppLef | UppLef | TopLef
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| Back Pictorial | Left | Center | Center
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| Minister of Finance | Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1973-8-21
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| N.M.Perera | Herbert Tennekoon |
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The three low denominations, of this subtype post Republic with no
leading Zero in date or UV printing was issued on single date and
signature pair, all shown above.
See also the Rs 2 and Rs 5 bricks of this issue
shrink wrapped in cellophane with a blue grid
of BW&Co monogram of Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. Ltd..
The notes were scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.