1989 - 1990 : Sri Lanka
Historical and Development
50 Rupee note

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued in for circulation, 50 Rupee Currency Notes in a series of Notes called Sri Lanka Historical and Development.
images/1990_04_05_lkhd_50r_uvf.jpg images/198x_lkhd_50r_uvb.jpg
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Image on Front and back are identified in Sinhala, Thamil and English in increasing Font size printed next to it.
Predominant Color :Front - Blue with Orange on left and Red on right of center
:Back - Blue with few green leaves and orange flowers.
Size: 146 x 73 mm
Front: Landscape
An image of the famous Buddhist statue and painting building with caption bottom left of it in Sinhala රජ මහා විහාරය, කැළණිය, Thamil இராஜமகாவிகாரை, களனி., and English RAJA MAHA VIHARE, KELANIYA.
Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 50 at all four corners. At upper center the value රුපියල් පනහයි in Sinhala. ஐம்பது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and FIFTY RUPEES in English, at bottom center.
In Top center in Sinhala, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and Central Bank of Sri Lanka 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 19YY-MM-DD
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
Braille:Four small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
An image of the ruins of medieval stnding Buddha statue building with caption lower right on it in Sinhala ලංකාතිලක විහාරය, පොලොන්නරුව., Thamil இலங்காதிலக விகாரை, பொலன்னறுவை., and English LANKATILEKA MAHA VIHARE, POLONNARUWA.
Within a decorative border, Numeric 50 at top left and Bottom right. රුපියල් පනහයි in Sinhala. ஐம்பது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and FIFTY RUPEES in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on bottom.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size, centered on top.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON.
Watermark: Lion from national Flag standing facing left with sword in right paw, outlined 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 with large numeric 50 highlighting design at center in Green
Back: Radials out of watermark panel and highlight of green leaves and orange flowers on upper border and design on bottom border.
Latent image: Within the top diamond in the motif at front bottom center, the Numeric value 50 written with horizontal lines on vertical line background, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on right.
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in *-Notes

Deno.Date on
BankNote 
Finance MinisterCBSL GovernorFirst Serial #Mintage
in K
Repla.
Prefix
Rs.50 1989-02-21 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake D/1   000001 10,000R/4
Rs.50 1989-02-21 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake D/11 000001 13,000R/4 DKS
Rs.50 1990-04-05 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake D/24 000001   3,800(R/4)
Minister of Finance Governor
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
1989-02-21
1989-02-21 1990-04-05
D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake

The notes dated 1989-02-21 had 2 orders. The First for all the Denominations except Rs 100 and had a thin Signature for Karunatilake, and the Second for Denominations Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs 100. with a normal Signature with a dot after. The Rs 10 and this Rs 50 have both varieties of Signature for date 1989-02-21.

The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.