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| Emittent | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Jahr | 1979 |
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| Referenz(en) | P#85 |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | 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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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Green-brown, pink, and orange-yellow tones form the ground for a richly detailed nature vignette. A rare wild daffodil orchid (Ipsea speciosa) occupies the lower register, while a common hourglass tree-frog (Rhacophorus cruciger eques) climbs a small evergreen tree (Rhododendron arboreum) bearing large red flowers, with a yellow-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus) perched at the summit. Bank name and denomination are inscribed in Sinhala, Tamil, and English across the design. |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
The P#85 series marks the transition point where Ceylon's note designs, long anchored to the colonial-era aesthetic preferences of De La Rue, began incorporating more explicitly Sri Lankan national imagery following the 1972 republican constitution — though the Central Bank's conservative approach meant design shifts lagged political ones by several years. Ronnie de Mel served as Minister of Finance under J.R. Jayewardene's UNP government, which came to power in 1977 on a liberalization platform that dramatically restructured the island's monetary policy.
Warnasena Rasaputram was Governor of the Central Bank from 1977 to 1981, making this signature pairing specific to a narrow window of issue.