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10 Rupees Mannar
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Diameter | 26.4 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Sinhala, Tamil |
| Obverse lettering | மன்னார் මන්නාරම Mannar 2013 (Translation: Mannar in Sinhala on top, in Tamil on left, in Latin on right) |
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The Mannar district coin series, launched by the Central Bank in 2013, was part of a nine-coin set each depicting a different administrative district — issued partly as a post-civil war gesture toward national unity following the end of the 26-year conflict in 2009. Mannar, a peninsula and island off the northwest coast, had been heavily contested territory and remained under reconstruction at the time of issue. The choice of AISI 430 ferritic stainless steel reflects a practical shift away from the cupronickel alloys used in earlier Sri Lankan circulation coinage, driven largely by rising base metal costs in the late 2000s.