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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic ...
The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value.
The banknotes of the Sri Lanka rupee are part of the physical form of Sri Lanka 's currency. The issuance of the rupee banknotes began in 1895. The Government of Ceylon introduced its first paper money in the form of the 5 rupee banknote in 1895. These were followed by 10 rupee notes in 1894, 1000 rupee notes in 1899, 50 rupee notes in 1914, 1 ...
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued commemorative coins since 1957. On 15 December 2010, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a Frosted Proof crown size multi-colour silver commemorative coin in the denomination of Rupees 5000 for the bank's 60th anniversary. [1] It was the first multi-colour coin issued by the Central Bank.
D. Disasters in Sri Lanka (8 C) Categories: History of Sri Lanka. Events in Sri Lanka. Historical events by country.
History Origin theories. There are number of theories as to the origin of the shrine. According to Heinz Bechert and Paul Younger, the mode of veneration and rituals connected with Kataragama deviyo is a survival of indigenous Vedda mode of veneration that preceded the arrival of Buddhist and Indo-Aryan cultural influences from North India in Sri Lanka in the last centuries BCE, although ...
Three halfpence (British coin) Categories: Coins by country. Currencies of Sri Lanka. Economic history of Sri Lanka.
54 Chatham Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Coordinates. 6°56′04.3″N 79°50′35.0″E. / 6.934528°N 79.843056°E / 6.934528; 79.843056. Type. Currency. Website. Museum website. Economic History Museum of Sri Lanka (commonly known as the Currency museum or Money museum) is located in the Central Point building, 54 Chatham Street ...