1979 - Sri Lanka - Flora and Fauna
2 Rupee note
The Central Bank of Ceylon
(CBSL) issued,
for circulation, in 1979 a series of currency Notes
based on the paintings by Laki
Senanayake on the theme Endemic Flora and Fauna of Sri Lanka dated
1979-03-26 and issued into circulation in 1980 August.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
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| Flora and Fauna on both front and back are identified
by Scientific names printed next to it in English italic font.
| | Predominant Color |
:Front - Pink
:Back - Pink with grey-blue.
| | Size | : 108 x 60 mm
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Front: Landscape
Numeric 2 at Upper 2 and lower right corners.
At upper left of center the value
රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala.
இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and TWO RUPEES in English, in arcs above and below Numeric 2 on upper left.
Vertical on lower left in Sinhala,
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව,
with smaller Legality Legend in 3 lines
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
Two Facsimile signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, and
next මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති.
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English.
Bottom, left of center Horizontal Date 1978-03-26
Horizontal Serial number on top left oc senter.
On the right is a tropical cyprinid fish swimming left, the black ruby barb
(Puntius nigrofasciatus) or purplehead barb
with some rocks in the background.
Back: Portrait
Numeric 2 at upper left.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
in Sinhala,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil
and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size, justified on upper right.
රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala,
இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and TWO RUPEES in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on lower right.
At the bottom is a lizard, the Haly's tree skink (Dasia haliana)
atop a branch of a tropical, evergreen ornamental plant (Muriaya cleniei)
and at top a nymphalid butterfly, the Tamil lacewing (Cethosia nietneri nietneri).
Watermark: Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent
whip in right paw, Lion Lighter with outline including whip darker
than paper.
Security Thin polyester thread of 1 mm width embedded in note.
Micro-printing background a grid vertical lines distorted by non-uniform pattern.
UV Printing: Front: Signature, Date and Serial Numbers, and
lower left Numeric Value in Green. Outlines of Flag Lion with Sword in
raised right paw; Two small each on left and right, two larger in middle, in Orange.
Back: Parts of semi circular Shell pattern in center both left and
right in Greenish Yellow.
Latent image: None according to CBSL only denominations from 10 Rupees and above.
(SH+WMKW 2021 page 98).
| Denom. | Date on
BankNote | Finance Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Mintage
in K
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| Rs.2 | 1979-03-26 | Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram | A/1 000001 | 60,000
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| Minister of Finance |
Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1979-03-26
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| Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram |
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This Note displays Endemic Sri Lanka Flora and Fauna from sea level of
coastal area i.e. Low altitudes.
The 1 in Front found in Wet Zone and the the 3 in Back in the Dry Zone.
This Two Rupee currency note was the Last to be issued, as it was replaced
initally by the 1982 Mahaweli Commemeorative Two Rupee
Coin,
and then by the 1984 Definitive
coin.
Text edited from book Sri Lanka Currency of Recent Times 1938 - 1985
by Mr. T M U Sallay 1986 CBSL Colombo.
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The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.