Thomas De La Rue Essay
Central Bank of Ceylon
with date 1971-1-1

Appears to be a modification proposed by Thomas De La Rue to replace the SWRD hand raised issue of 1970 with a politically more acceptable design, the layout is very similar to the 1970 notes in lot of it's detail. They are clearly lot more elegant than the design used for the rushed issue.
The Hand which is the political symbol of the SWRD's Party the SLFP was considered inappropriate to use in BankNotes. The same was however used similarly in the 2009 Mahinda Rajapaksa note. After the rushed issue of 1970 because of the demonetization, the Printing of Ceylon Banknotes was returned to Bradbury Wilkinson which had printed all the BankNotes since the inception of the Central Bank in 1950.

Denomination : 50 Rupees Base Color : Blue & Purple Under-print : Pink Orange & Yellow English : Fifty Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පනහයි Thamil : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் Size : 151 x 79 mm Spink Auction 15008 lot 2724 Front Pictorial :  Bust of Late Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike on right. Back Pictorial :  Paddy field stretching out to Sunrise on horizon with a coconut estate on either side and a hut on the left.
Denomination : 100 Rupees Base Color : Brown & Blue Under-print : Pink, Olive & Yellow English : One Hundred Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් සියයයි Thamil : நூறு ரூபாய் Size : 162 x 86 mm Spink Auction 14013 lot 266 Front Pictorial :  Bust of Late Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike on right. Back Pictorial :  Ruwanwelisaya Dagaba with few ancient stone pillars in foreground.

Front: At top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, with இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON below in English above ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three lines. The Numeric date 1971-1-1 without leading zero below Facsimile signatures in Sinhala of N. M. Perera above මුදල් ඈමති, and of William Tennekoon above මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES Two Serial Nos at lower left and upper Right.
Back: On top ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala, இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English below. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් Thamil ரூபாய் and English RUPEES Printers name at bottom margin in small script THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED

The notes at 179 and 141 dpi are displayed at about 50 dpi if assuming height of 1970 notes.
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From 2015 April 30th, Spink Auction lots 2724 and from 2014 September 20th, Spink Auction lots 266 sold for a total of £2400+44%BP+V.