2010 - 2021
Sri Lanka
1000 Rupee note
Development, Prosperity and Dancers

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued, for circulation, a new series of currency notes on the theme "Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers" on 2011 February 4th, dated 2010-01-01.
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Click image to see Note Security under UltraViolet illumination and the full watermarked sheet
Front: Landscape
An artist's impression of newly constructed RAMBODA TUNNEL with the rock wall at the same location before construction to upper left. Illustrated are the Sri Lanka bird Hanging Parrot to the right, and the butterfly, White Four Ring to the lower left.
Numeric 1000 at upper left and lower right. At bottom center the value රුපියල් දාහයි, in Sinhala ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil, and ONE THOUSAND RUPEES in English, of decreasing font size.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala at Top center, with smaller இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and English CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA on next line.
Legality Legend in 3 lines
ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
Sri Lankan Lion with sword facing left at upper right.
Facsimile signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, and the මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති,
with date YYYY-MM-DD below.
Size of digits in serial number increase in size. Horizontal Black Serial number on upper left and vertical Red Serial number on right.
Security Thread Starchrome with 2.5 mm width, which changes colour from red to green with the letters CBSL RS1000 and Mirror of same.
The location of the 2.5 mm Starchrome strip varies in location over about 10 mm both horizontally and vertically as well as the letters visible on strip. They don't represent variations of the note.
Back: Portrait
A drawing of Malpadaya dancer and a Dawul Bera drummer. The Rathnaprasadaya guard stone is on the upper right, on a vertical Band with a stylized floral motif, Dvithva Liya Vela.
A map of Sri Lanka appears in the background centered to the left.
Numeric 1000 at upper left and lower right. රුපියල් දාහයි in Sinhala, ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil, and ONE THOUSAND RUPEES in English, in 3 lines, of decreasing font size, at lower left.
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 at center upper left.
Printer Thomas De la Rue, Sri Lanka, in tiny text DE LA RUE in bottom right.
Watermark: Cornerstone plus on left same image of Parrot flipped to right, darker than background with vertical 1000 lighter than background to it's right.
UV Printing: Random small fiber on both sides.
Front: Minimal. Highlighted Green square with numeric 1000 in large Font, lower right of center. Serial number in Green on left, Orange on right
Back: Limited highlight of Drummer and Dancer.
Security: See CBSL document Make Sure Your Currency Notes are Genuine
Latent image: Right of the top left numeric on front, the Numeric value 1000 written italic with horizontal lines on a vertical lines background, both slightly tilted clockwise, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on right. Image also show microprinting array of text CBSL.
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in *-Notes

Predominant Color : Green  |  Size : 148 x 67 mm
Serial Prefix : S  |  Replacement Prefix: Z/6,Z/50
Florescent Fiber : Yellow & Red |  Braille : Five Dots

Front Landscape both old and New, with endemic Bird and Butterfly designed by by Artist Mr Kelum Gunasekara.
Back portrait of traditional Sri Lankan drummer and a dancer designed by Artist Sisira Liyanaarachchi.

Date on
BankNote   
Finance MinisterCBSL GovernorFirst Serial #Last Serial #Mintage
in K
Replacement
Prefix
2010-01-01Mahinda RajapaksaAjith Nivard CabraalS/1     000KS/195 1000K195,000 Z/6
2015-02-04Ravi Karunanayake A. Mahendran S/196 000KS/210 1000K 15,000 Z/6
2015-02-04Ravi Karunanayake A. Mahendran S/211 000KS/322 1000K111,000 Z/50
2016-07-04Ravi Karunanayake I. Coomaraswamy S/323 000KS/350 1000K 28,000 Z/50
2019-01-28Mangala SamaraweeraI. Coomaraswamy S/351 000KS/433 1000K 75,000 SNIM-10.7%
2019-12-24Mahinda Rajapaksa W. D. Lakshman S/434 000KS/482  824K 45,000 SNIM-6.7%
2020-08-12Mahinda Rajapaksa W. D. Lakshman S/482 825KS/510  006K 24,600 SNIM-10.5%
2022-07-04Ranil Wickremesinghe Nandalal WeerasingheS/511 000KS/521  800K 10,000 SNIM-8.0%

A second order of 60 Million notes have been ordered of Rupees 1000 notes has been placed with DeLaRue in 2024. (Reply to RTI 122/2024)
On 2024 October 6th S/530 from this second order was reported to me. End prefix estimated about S/586 assuming 8% damage rate.

UV cured Post Print Varnish (UVPPV) coating was applied on Rs. 1000/- currency notes after 2016 from S/211 onwards and these notes are slightly thicker. (Reply to CBSL RTI 0122/2024)

With or without the use of Replacement the First and Last serial is not known to the last digit as it could be a replacement or rejected. It is given to the First or last Brick (1000 or K notes)

Reply to RTI 0001/2020 stated that from prefix S/351 SNIM (Single Note Inspection Machine) was used for Rs1000. Error notes are then removed, but not replaced with Z serial Replacements. Packs have missing serial numbers.

Rs1000 denomination was not printed with 2021-09-15 date.

Please Help Track Prefix+Serial when Date on Banknote change. Thanks.

images/nss/2010_S137-934127_1000r_SJ.jpg&images/nss/2010_S087-848120_1000r_SJ.jpg&images/nss/2010_S081-598121_1000r_HC.jpg  In 2015, a Rs1000 banknotes with no security thread were originally noticed and questioned by Johann Dekker. I thank Dealer Mr Selliah Jakson who reported Prefix S/87 and S/137 says he has sold 5 or 6 of such threadless notes and provided two of image on right S/87 and S/137. S/138 was contributed by Dharmaraj Balakrishan and S/81 by Hemal Chandraratne. Click and repeat to see S/137, S/87 and S/81 A Private communication confirmed that the manufacture of the security paper had been faulty. RTI 0053/2020 said that there were Rs1000 Rs 500 prefixes with missing Security Thread. None of the Rs500 notes have been found so far by collectors. The RTI also confirmed that it led to the adoption of SNIM.

Were there a few sheets without threads, or more sheets without a single thread in a particular column, which I think is more likely. I am trying to collect Serial Numbers to determine that. If you have such a banknote please send me an image with serial number by E-mail at kavanr @  gmail.com or WhatsApp at +94712537551

Mintage of 75M notes stated in reply to RTI 0001/2020 is 8M (10.67%) less than the difference of Last - First Serial for this issue. The increase of error rate from 0.2-0.3% replacements to about 10% missing serial numbers with the adoption of SNIM by DeLaRue is explained by more stringent quality control, but mainly because, printed sheets are not quality checked before printing Serials.

The note scanned at 300 dpi and displayed above at 50 dpi

Ramboda Tunnel
Ramboda pass tunnel is the longest road tunnel in Sri Lanka and is located in Gampola - Nuwara Eliya Road. The tunnel spans over 225 m in length and 7 m wide. The road improvement project was funded by the Government of Japan and implemented in collaboration with the Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot - Loriculus beryllinus
Sri Lanka Giramalitta (Sinhala)
Ilangai Chinna kili (Thamil)
The Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot is an endemic species, which is seen in the wetter parts of the country. It is a small, mainly green, hanging parrot, with a short tail. The adult has a red crown and rump. The nape and back have an orange tint. The chin and throat are pale blue. This bird is strictly arboreal and is found in forests and gardens.
The White Four Ring - Ypthima ceylonica
Sithirisiwwa (Sinhala)
The White Four Ring is found all over the island. It flies close to the ground. Its four wings are dark brown and lower half of the hind wings are white. There is a prominent eye spot ringed in yellow towards the tip of its four wings. The under side of the hind wings are grayish white with prominent spots of which the number and size varies.
Rathnaprasada guard stone
The guard stone at the Rathnaprasadaya of the Abhayagiri Viharaya in Anuradhapura is considered the most exquisite guard stone. This guard stone is carved with a Nagaraja symbol, which carries a pot of plenty in the left hand and a bunch of flowers in the right hand.
Dvithva Liya vela
Traditional Sinhalese art has a floral motifs depicted with two similar creepers called Dvithva liya vela. These flower bands are combined or run parallel to each other in a regular pattern.
Malpadaya Netuma
Malpadaya Netuma belongs to the Sabaragamuwa dance form. It is associated with the ritual known as Gammaduwa to propitiate the Pattini goddess in order to obtain a good harvest, Immunity and relief from infectious diseases The main drum used is the Davula
Davul Beraya (Davula)
Davul Beraya is a cylindrical drum, which is shorter than Geta Beraya and Yak Beraya. This drum is accompanied in the Sabaragamuwa dance tradition and often used in Buddhist temples. The right side is played with a stick known as Kadippu and left is prayed with the hand. This drum is also used in Ana Bera (for communication).

Text edited from Press Releases of the CBSL.
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