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1 Rupee President Premadasa
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 7.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Sinhala/Tamil/Latin |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust portrait of President Ranasinghe Premadasa, shown in three-quarter view, wearing a traditional high-collared national dress. The effigy is set within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by an ornamental outer border composed of stylised floral and avian motifs in low relief. The date 1992 appears in Latin numerals below the portrait, integrated within the beaded inner circle at the base of the bust. |
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Ranasinghe Premadasa, who had risen from Colombo's urban poor to the presidency, was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in May 1993 — just months after this coin entered circulation. The bomber detonated at a political rally in Colombo, killing Premadasa along with dozens of others.