Central Bank of Ceylon
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike - 1970
DeLaRue Specimens

High Value Currency Notes with the Portrait of Late Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike with right hand raised. They were printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, UK and issued to replace those demonetized in 1970 by the Central Bank of Ceylon.

Pink 162x86 mmRs 100 notes

Blue 151x79 mmRs 50 notes

The Specimens issued had the Red oval shaped SPECIMEN NO VALUE logo of DELARUE & Co LTD stamped on them on the upper left and lower right with large SPECIMEN in center diagonally upwards across on both sides.

Start prefix with 00000 Serial on lower left and upper right. A single punch hole in the middle space used for the signatures and date.
A specimen control number is stamped on the front lower left margin as SPECIMEN No. NNN.
Normally a bundle of 100 are printed for distribution to local Banks.

The specimen note images at 177+ dpi from online Auctions, are displayed above at 25 dpi.

See other Specimen S-Notes in notes.lakdiva.org.lk a website for
Banknotes of Ceylon and Sri Lanka since 1785.