1982 : Sri Lanka - 5 Rupee note
Historical and Archaeological
The Central Bank of Ceylon
(CBSL) issued in
1983 April for circulation, a 5 Rupee Currency Note dated 1982-01-01
in a series of Notes that started in 1981 on theme
Historical and Archaeology of Sri Lanka.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
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| Image on Front are identified
in Sinhala, Thamil and English in increasing Font size printed next to it.
| | Predominant Color |
:Front - Red with Green on left and blue on right of center
:Back - Red and light Brown with a bit of green and blue background.
| | Size | : 118 x 64 mm
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Front: Landscape
Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 5 at all four corners.
At upper center the value
රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala.
ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and FIVE RUPEES in English, at bottom center.
In Top center in Sinhala,
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English
in next two lines with decreasing font size.
Next in even smaller font thr 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.
Below Date 1982-01-01
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
At right is image of Ruins of Buddhist Statue House with caption bottom left of it in
Sinhala
වටදාගේ,
පොලොන්නරුව.,
Thamil
வட்டதாகே,
பொலன்னறுவை., and
English VATADAGE, POLONNARUWA.
Braille:No small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically
on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
Within a decorative border, Numeric 5 at top left and Bottom right.
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, centered on top.
රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala,
ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and FIVE RUPEES in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on bottom.
Lower center images of Guardstone with its fine engraving on the rock,
is something usually found at the entrances to temples and palaces.
Caption written along the left hand border in a single line of text,
Sinhala මුරගල,
අනුරාධපුර.,
Thamil
வாயிற்பாதுகாப்புக்கல்,
அனுராதபுரம்., and
English GUARDSTONE, ANURADHAPURA.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON.
Watermark: Hereldic 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 pattern.
UV Printing: Front: Signature, Date and Serial Numbers, in Green.
On right outlines of large Flag Lion with Sword in raised right paw in yellow with
large numeric 5 highlighting design at center.
Back: Highlight of border on lower half in Greenish Yellow.
Latent image: None within the motif at front bottom center, as
on all other denominations and not seen on this 1200 dpi scan on
right.
| Denom. | Date on
BankNote | Finance Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Mintage
in K
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| Rs.5 | 1982-01-01 | Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram | A/1 000001 | 30,000
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| Minister of Finance |
Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1982-01-01
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| Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram |
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This Five Rupee currency note was the Last to be issued, as it was replaced
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.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.