1991 - 2006 : 20 Rupee note
Sri Lanka Heritage

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued for circulation, 20 Rupee Currency Notes in a series of notes that started in 1991 on theme Sri Lanka Heritage.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
Predominant
Color		 :Front - Violet with Green orange and red on decorate
:Back - Violet with blue orange and brown on decorate.
Size: 129 x 64 mm
Front: Landscape
Traditional wooden Mask with face of Garuda on right, Side view of Lotus on bottom left, Moonstone above decorate in lower center with floral design above with Sun-face on left.
Within a decorative border, Numeric 20 at upper two and lower right corners. At upper center the value රුපියල් විස්සයි in Sinhala. இருபது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and TWENTY RUPEES in English, in Two vertical lines at lower left border.
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 YYYY-MM-DD
Horizontal Serial number on upper left and bottom right.
Braille: None on ths series.
Back: Portrait
Stilt fishing with background sea view with Shells below. On upper panel Divided fish with Sun-face top left of center between panels.
Within a decorative border, Numeric 20 at top left and Bottom right. රුපියල් විස්සයි in Sinhala upper right. இருபது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and TWENTY RUPEES in English, in 2 lines of decreasing font size left 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, justified on right on top of lower panel.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED..
1991-19921994-2006
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: Serial Numbers in Green. A rectangular highlight large numeric 20 upper left of center,and from 1995 to 2006 with additional elaborate UV printing of Moonstone, and blanked decorate below all in Greenish Yellow. Back: Highlight of divided fish and background sky above seaview.
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Latent image: At the center of motif at front bottom center, the Numeric value 20 written with diagonal lines tilted left on a background of diagonal lines tilted right, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on right. Advanced Latent image on the 1995-2006 notes not clearly visible in scan. Click to see it highlighted by image processing. You can also see Latent image with a bright light illuminating the note tilted at a particular angle.
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in *-Notes

Deno.Date on
BankNote 		Finance MinisterCBSL GovernorFirst Serial #Mintage
in K		Repla.
Prefix
Rs.20 1991-01-01 D.B.Wijethunga H.N.S.Karunatillake L/1 000001 19,500 Z/2
Rs.20 1992-07-01 D.B.Wijethunga H.B.Disanayaka L/20 500001 15,000(Z/2)
Rs.20 1994-08-19 C.B.Kumaratunga H.B.Disanayaka L/35 500001 6,000(Z/2)
Blanked Emblem
Rs.20 1995-11-15 C.B.Kumaratunga A.S.Jayawardena L/41 500001 140,000Z/2
Rs.20 2001-12-12 K.N. Choksy A.S.Jayawardena L/181 500001 80,000Z/2
Rs.20 2004-07-01 Sarath Amunugama Sunil Mendis L/261 500001 40,421Z/2
Rs.20 2005-11-19 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunil Mendis L/301 921001 65,000Z/2
Rs.20 2006-07-03 Mahinda Rajapaksa Ajith Nivard Cabraal L/366 921001 80,000Z/2

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