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  • Dominion of Ceylon
    (1948–1972)
  • Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
    (1972-)
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    Dominion of Ceylon
    (1948–1972)
    රු - Rupee (1871-1972) = 100 Cents
    [-] 1956-1963 Issuesm=1
    1960
    1 Rupeesq=c3s3e1
      Arms
      Ornate stairway
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    1956
    2 Rupeesq=c3s3e1
      Arms
      Medirigiriya Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    67




    1960
    5 Rupeesq=s3w1
      Arms
      Sculpture
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    73




    1959
    10 Rupees
      Arms
      Sculpture
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    76




    1958
    50 Rupees
      Arms
      Moon stone in front of stairs of Ratnagiri Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    89




    1956
    100 Rupees
      Arms
      Women
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    89




    [-] 1962-1965 Issuesm=6
    1962
    2 Rupees
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Medirigiriya Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    67




    1962
    5 Rupees
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Sculpture
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    73




    1964
    10 Rupeesq=c1s3t1
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Sculpture
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  • #

    76




    1961
    50 Rupees
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Moon stone in front of stairs of Ratnagiri Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    89




    1963
    100 Rupees
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Women
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    89




    [-] 1970 Issuesm=5
    1970
    50 Rupees
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Monument
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    79




    1970
    100 Rupeesq=c3s4w2e3t1
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Drummer, dancers
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    Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
    (1972-)
    රු - Rupee (1972-date) = 100 Cents
    [-] 1972-1975 Issuesm=3
    1974
    50 Rupeesq=c3s4e2w2
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Tea plantation
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    86




    1971
    100 Rupeesq=c3s3w2e1
      Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
      Stairway to Vatadage
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    86




    [-] 1972-1977 Issue
    1977
    2 Rupees
      King Parakkrama
      Medirigiriya Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    59




    1974
    5 Rupees
      King Parakkrama
      Lion throne of King Nisankamalla in Polonnaruwa
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  • #73 Aa.3

    64




    1975
    10 Rupees
      King Parakkrama
      Figure
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    70




    1969
    50 Rupees
      King Parakkrama
      Moon stone in front of stairs of Ratnagiri Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
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    70




    1969
    100 Rupees
      King Parakkrama
      Women
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    70




    [-] 1979 Issuesm=3
    1979
    2 Rupees
      Purplehead barb
      Haly's tree skink lizard, Ceylon lacewing butterfly; murraya plant
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    108  x
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    1979
    5 Rupeesq=c3s3
      Ceylon blue oakleaf butterfly; leguan
      Flying squirrel; White-faced starling
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    117  x
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    1979
    10 Rupeesq=c3s3e1
      Sri Lanka grey hornbill
      Yellow-eared bulbul; montane hour-glass tree-frog; Rhododendron arboreum; daffodil orchid
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    127  x
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    1979
    20 Rupeesq=c3s3e1
      Ceylon wood pigeon
      Sri Lanka blue magpie; Rhino-horned lizard; rough-sided snake; Cyathea sinuata Palm
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    137  x
    70




    1979
    50 Rupeesq=c4s4h2e3
      Red-faced malcoha; Ceylon Forester butterflyl; Hydnocarpus venenata
      Ceylon spurfowl; leguan; Dendrobium and mesua thwaitesii plants
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    146  x
    73




    1979
    100 Rupeesq=c2s2p1w1
      Gracula ptiloganys bird; Sri Lankan pit viper; Myna; talipot palm
      Yellow-fronted barbets; Ceylon tree nymph butterfly; Areca concinna and Horsfieldia iriyaghedi plants
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  • #88a

    156  x
    76




    [-] 1982 & 1985 Issue, 1987-1990 Issue
    1982
    5 Rupees
    N: TIAVW 'Bank of Sri Lanka'
      Vatadage ruins (Polonnaruwa)
      Figure
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    64




    1989
    10 Rupees
    N: TIAVW 'Bank of Ceylon'
      Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
      Raja Maha Vihare Pagoda, Kelaniya
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    67




    1990
    20 Rupees
    N: TIAVW 'Bank of Ceylon'
      Moon stone in front of stairs of Ratnagiri Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
      Thuparama Pagoda, Anuradhapura
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    70




    1982
    50 Rupeesrot=|r|b|r||r|
    N: TIAVW 'Bank of Sri Lanka'
      Tomb of Raja Maha Vihare, Kelaniya
      Laukatilaka (statues house), Polannaruwa
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  • #94a

    73




    1988
    100 Rupeesy=c2s2
    N: TIAVW 'Bank of Ceylon'
      Lion
      Parliament building, Colombo
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    73




    1987
    500 Rupees
      Elephant sculpture at Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
      Abhayagiri Stupa, Anuradhapura temple
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    79




    1987
    1,000 Rupees
      Victoria dam
      University of Ruhuna, peacock
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    83





    [-] 1995 - 2006, 2001-2006 Issuesm=3
    2006
    10 Rupees
      Singhalese chinze
      Presidential Secretariat building, Colombo
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    62




    2006
    20 Rupees
      Bird mask
      Fishermen
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    65




    2006
    50 Rupees
      Dancer
      Abhayagiri Stupa, Anuradhapura temple, spotless grass yellow butterly
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    68




    1995
    100 Rupees
      Urn
      Sigiriya rock, Tea harvest, rose-ringed parakeets
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    72




    2005
    500 Rupeesq=c2s1rot=|r|b|r||r|
      Drummers
      Abhayagiri Stupa (Anuradhapura), orchids
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    75




    2006
    1,000 Rupeesq=c2s1e1rot=|r|b|r||r|
      Elephant with trainer
      Temple of the Tooth, Kandy; Peacock
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    79




    2006
    2,000 Rupeesq=c4s3e2rot=|r|b|r||r|
      Sigiriya rock
      Woman
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    82




    [-] 1998-2018 Commemorative Issuessm=8
    1998
    200 Rupees
      Temple
      Temple of the Tooth, Kandy
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    74




    2009
    1,000 Rupees
      Puinkalasa vessel, President Mahinda Rajapaksa
      Flag raising, tank, patrol vessels, 'Mavil Aru Annicut' irrigation canal, Thoppigala mountain
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    82




    2013
    500 Rupees
    N: diff. from regular: lower left flower
      World Trade Centre and Bank of Ceylon Headquarters in Colombo; Buddhist temple Lankathilaka Viharaya at Kandy; emerald collared parakeet; indigo royal butterfly
      Thelme dancer and Yak Bera drummer, Padmanidhi guard stone
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    67




    2018
    1,000 Rupees
    N: diff. from regular: lower left people
      Ramboda Tunnel; hanging parrot; white four ring butterfly
      Malpadaya dancer and Dawul Bera drummer, guard stone with guardian deities
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    67





    [-] 2010 - 2016 Issuesm=3
    2010
    20 Rupees
      Port of Colombo; Serendib scops owl; baronet butterfly
      Ves dancer and Geta Bera drummer, guard stone with a Punkalasa
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    67




    2010
    50 Rupees
      Old and new bridge at Manampitiya; dull blue flycatcher; blue oakleaf butterfly
      Patuna dancer and Yak Bera drummer, guard stone with a Punkalasa
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    67




    2010
    100 Rupees
      Norochcholai Coal Power Plant Project and Laxapana waterfall; orange billed babbler; autumn leaf butterfly
      Bharatanatyam dancer and Mridangam drummer, Naga guard stone
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    67




    2017
    500 Rupees
      World Trade Centre and Bank of Ceylon Headquarters in Colombo; Buddhist temple Lankathilaka Viharaya at Kandy; emerald collared parakeet; indigo royal butterfly
      Thelme dancer and Yak Bera drummer, Padmanidhi guard stone
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    67




    2015
    1,000 Rupeesy=c2
      Ramboda Tunnel; hanging parrot; white four ring butterfly
      Malpadaya dancer and Dawul Bera drummer, guard stone with guardian deities
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    67




    2017
    5,000 Rupees
      Weheragala Dam, Canyon Dam; yellow eared bulbulp; lemon migrant butterfly
      Nagaraksha dancer and Guruluraksha dancer, Rathnaprasadaya guard stone
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    66




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