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10 Rupees Jaffna
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A detailed frontal view of the Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil (Hindu temple) dominates the central field, depicted within a raised inner circle, showcasing the ornate gopuram (tower) surmounted by tiered decorative sculptural elements and a colonnaded entrance hall with arched gateway. The trilingual place name legend arcs along the upper periphery, reading in Tamil (யாழ்ப்பாணம்) at left, in Sinhala (යාපනය) at center-right, and in Latin script (Jaffna) at right. The date 2013 appears in the lower exergue beneath the inner circle. The eleven-sided flan is bordered by a partly raised rim with faceted edges characteristic of the hendecagonal format. |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '10' occupies the center of the field, with the denomination rendered below in three scripts: Sinhala (රුපියල් දහයයි), Tamil (பத்து ரூபாய்), and Latin (TEN RUPEES). The country name Sri Lanka is inscribed along the upper arc in three scripts: Tamil (இலங்கை) at left, Sinhala (ශ්රී ලංකා) at center, and Latin (SRI LANKA) at right. The date 2013 appears in the lower exergue, flanked on either side by stylized ears of paddy. The entire design is enclosed within a raised inner circle, surrounded by a geometric decorative border along the periphery with a partly raised rim. |
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The Jaffna 10 Rupee was part of a 2013 series honoring Sri Lanka's nine provinces, issued just four years after the end of a civil war that had made Jaffna — the Tamil cultural and administrative center of the Northern Province — one of the most contested and isolated cities on the island for nearly three decades. The Northern Province itself had been without a functioning provincial council since 1988, a gap only closed by elections held later in 2013, the same year this coin appeared.