Green with french-grey, sepia and yellow highlights. Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Sri Lankan grey hornbill (Tockus griseus gingalensis), atop a velvet tamarind tree (Dialium oviodeum).
Reverse description
Green brown, pink and orange-yellow. A rare wild daffodil orchid (Ipsea speciosa), and a common hour-glass tree-frog (Rhacophorus cruciger eques) climbing a small evergreen tree (Rhododendron arboreum) with large red flowers, with a yellow eared bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus) perched atop.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right
paw.
Obverse lettering
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்து ரூபாய்
TEN RUPEES
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
මුදල් ඈමති
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
1979 – 03 – 26 (Translation: Ten Rupees Ten Rupees Central Bank of Sri Lanka Issued on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka. This currency note is legally valid for payment of any amount within Sri Lanka. {signature of Ronnie de Mel} Finance Minister {signature of Warnasena Rasaputram} Governor of the Central Bank Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Bank of Ceylon.)
Reverse lettering
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்து ரூபாய்
Ten Rupees
