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| Click image to see Note Security under UltraViolet illumination Front: Landscape An artist's impression of NOROCHCHOLAI COAL POWER PLANT and an early view of Laxapana waterfall with surrounding power cables to upper left. Illustrated are the Sri Lanka bird Orange Billed Babbler to the right, and the butterfly, Autumn Leaf to the 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.
Latent image: Right of the top left numeric on front, the
Numeric value 100 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.
| Predominant Color | : Orange | | | Size | : 138 x 67 mm |
| Serial Prefix | : U | | | Replacement Prefix | : Z/4,Z/30 |
| Florescent Fiber | : Yellow | | | Braille | : Three Dots |
CBSL has also issued an uncut sheet of 40 Rs100 notes, with a certificate Authentication hand signed by the Superintendent of Currency, sold in a tube for protection. With a face value of Rs4000, it was sold by CBSL for Rs7000 (US$62.5). It is the first time that Uncut currency sheets were issued in Sri Lanka. Printed as a 5 by 8 Array they have a special serial prefix CB/60 for the Central Bank 60th Anniversary. All notes in a sheet had last 3 digits of Serial Number the same and 1000 sheets were issued.
Elevan years after issue in 2022 September Wassim Sattar reported that
the Metal caps of the tube that contained the 2010 Rs100 uncut sheet
of 40 is rusting from the inside and out. I checked and confirm.
Not sure what is the best recourse. Maybe put a plastic cap on the
inside to protect the sheet from the rust and some external cover to
reduce the rusting of the metal caps.
Warning Cut pair and Triple notes certified by PMG as uncut, without any indication that they have been cut from a larger sheet of 40, are being sold on eBay.
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 Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Last Serial # | Mintage in K | Replacement Prefix |
| 2010-01-01 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Ajith Nivard Cabraal | U/1 000K | U/210 1000K | 210,000 | Z/4 |
| 2010-01-01 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Ajith Nivard Cabraal | U/211 000K | U/315 1000K | 105,000 | Z/4 |
| 2015-02-04 | Ravi Karunanayake | A. Mahendran | U/316 000K | U/365 1000K | 50,000 | Z/4 |
| 2015-02-04 | Ravi Karunanayake | A. Mahendran | U/366 000K | U/470 1000K | 105,000 | Z/30 |
| 2016-07-04 | Ravi Karunanayake | I. Coomaraswamy | U/471 000K | U/588 199K | 110,000 | SNIM-6.5% |
| 2017-05-22 | Mangala Samaraweera | I. Coomaraswamy | U/588 200K | U/707 749K | 110,000 | SNIM-8.7% |
| 2019-01-28 | Mangala Samaraweera | I. Coomaraswamy | U/707 750K | U/724 249K | 15,000 | SNIM-10% |
| 2019-12-24 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | W. D. Lakshman | U/724 250K | U/762 049K | 35,000 | SNIM-7.3% |
| 2020-08-12 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | W. D. Lakshman | U/762 050K | U/826 759K | 60.000 | SNIM-7.9% |
| 2021-09-15 | Basil Rajapaksa | Ajith Nivard Cabraal | U/826 760K | U/912 935K | 80,900 | SNIM-3.5% |
| 2022-07-04 | Ranil Wickremesinghe | Nandalal Weerasinghe | U/913 000K | U/981 895K | 65,000 | SNIM-6.0% |
UV cured Post Print Varnish (UVPPV) coating was applied on Rs. 100/- currency notes after 2014 from U/211 onwards and these notes are slightly thicker. (CBSL Webpage)
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)
From U/471 SNIM (Single Note Inspection Machine) was used. Error notes removed, but not replaced with Z serial Replacements. Packs have missing serial numbers.
Please Help Track Prefix+Serial when Date on Banknote change. Thanks.
The 2017-05-22 dated Rs100 notes appeared in circulation in 2019 October
Mintage of 110M, 110M and 15M notes stated in reply to RTI 0001/2020 is 7.2M (6.5%), 9.55M (8.7%), 1.5M(10%) less than the difference of Last - First Serial for these issues. 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.
In May 2021 June I picked up fron Bank of Ceylon aa uncirculated bundle of 100, 2019-01-28 dated notes. The serial numbers were in 3 sequences ranged over a total of 2000 with only 100 accepted. 95% of the notes within these ranges had been put in other packs or rejected. There were only 2 triples and 3 pairs. Rest all singles in 3 sequences.
Note that with the 65M they have printed for the 2022-07-04 issue the last prefix will be in the U/980s. So unless they issue a new series, they would need to use 4 digits in prefixes or use a new alphabet letter for the next order. Will we have the same signatures + date and different alpha prefix character for the Rs100/-?
Norochcholai coal power plant
The Norochcholai coal power plant is a lead project of the government
to enhance economic growth and ensure balanced regional development
through cost effective power sector development. It is expected that
this first coal power plant in Sri Lanka will cater to the increasing
demand of electricity initially by 300 MW with an ultimate capacity of
900 MW when fully developed.
Laxapana Waterfall
Laxapana waterfall, one of the beautiful creations of Mother Nature is
129m high and is situated in Hatton area in the Nuwara Eliya
district. It is formed by the Maskeliya Oya. The fall gives rise to
twin hydroelectricity power stations, Laxapana and New Laxapana.
Sri Lanka Orange -billed Babbler - Turdoides rufescens
Sri Lanka Ratu Demalichcha (Sinhala)
llangai Sevvalahu Velaikkara Kuruvi (Thamil)
Sri Lanka Orange -billed Babbler is an old world babbler with soft
fluffy plumage, short rounded wings and a weak flight. It is
distinguished from its rufous colouration and orange beak and legs. It
is an endemic, common in the wet zone forests and adjacent
gardens. This bird is categorized as vulnerable by the IUCN.
The Autumn Leaf - Doleschallia bisaltidae
Sarakolaya (Sinhala)
As its name suggests its wings are similar to the bright amber
coloured leaves. It has bright orange colour forewings and its
underside resembles a dead leaf, which gives it greater measure of
camouflage. Its camouflage makes it harder to spot.
Naga guard stone
The cobra was considered as the guardian of water and treasure. It is
suggested that the guard stone carved with the nagaraja symbol at the
entrance to ancient buildings represents protection to the
building. The sculpture of multi-headed cobra incorporates the belief
that when people die they are reincarnated as cobras to protect the
treasures.
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.
Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam is a classical Indian dance form popular in Sri
Lanka. In ancient India, the devadasis had performed
Bharatanatyam in Tamil Nadu. Women wear a typical saree in the
dance performance, men have bare chest and wear a dhoti-like outfit in
the lower part of the body. It is performed with the knees of the
dancers bent and the dance form uses hand movements to convey
different kinds of emotions to the audience. The main drum used is the
Mridangam
Mridangam
The Mridangam is a doubleesided drum used as accompaniment in the
Bharatanatyam dances. It is also the main percussion instrument used
in Carnatic concerts.
Text edited from Press Releases of the CBSL.
For collected details of the images on this Banknote see
NotesCollector.
In 2018 Rs100 currency Notes dated 2016-07-04 with Signatures of Ravi Karunanayake & I. Coomaraswamy appeared in Circulation. Note with U/470 dated 2015-02-04 was found the U/470 which exceeded the CBSL posted max for that date which has put into question the ranges of Serial numbers used for each date and was corrected with reply to RTI.
Shehan Patterson has observed that the image of female dancer doing
the Bharatanatyam on the back of the Rs100/- note has been drawn with
only 4 fingers. On the hand stretched above the head the thumb could
be hidden from view. But the hand close to the body could not have any
fingers hidden from view, based on the pose and the different heights
of fingers.
I wonder if this error would get corrected and this first issue become rare like the 1991 Rs100 note where there was a missing dot in a Thamil character.