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10 Rupees Monaragala
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Composition | Stainless steel (AISI 430) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts the Kataragama Maha Devalaya temple, with the domed Kiri Vehera stupa visible in the background and a peacock displayed in the foreground, symbolising the sacred site of Kataragama in the Monaragala District. The design is contained within the eleven-sided flan, with the district name 'Monaragala' and the date '2013' inscribed in Latin and Sinhala scripts along the lower periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | Monaragala 2013 |
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The Monaragala district coin is part of Sri Lanka's nine-piece provincial series issued between 2013 and 2014, each denomination tied to a specific province or district. Monaragala, one of the least densely populated districts in the country, sits in Uva Province and has historically been associated with Vedda indigenous communities — Sri Lanka's aboriginal population — whose presence in the region predates Sinhalese settlement by millennia.
AISI 430 ferritic stainless steel was adopted for Sri Lankan coinage partly to combat the persistent problem of coin substitution and counterfeiting that had plagued earlier cupro-nickel issues.