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| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green with French-grey, sepia, and yellow underprint tones. The central vignette presents a Sri Lankan grey hornbill (Tockus griseus gingalensis) perched atop a velvet tamarind tree (Dialium ovoideum), rendered in fine intaglio detail. Denomination and bank name appear in Sinhala, Tamil, and English, with the date 26.03.1979 and signatures of the Finance Minister and Governor of the Central Bank below the central design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. රුපියල් දහයයි பத்து ரூபாய் Ten Rupees |
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| Protection description | Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw. |
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