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2 Cents
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 1975-1978 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the Arms of Sri Lanka rendered in high relief at centre: a golden lion passant holding a sword in its right forepaw, set within a circular lotus-petal border, itself enclosed by a wreath of petals. Surmounting the central roundel is the Dhamma Chakra (Wheel of the Law). At the base, a traditional Sinhalese pot of abundance (purna-kalasha) flanked by a crescent moon to the left and a stylised sun to the right, all resting on a stepped plinth. The entire device is presented without a surrounding legend, the scalloped rim with milled notches framing the composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Sri Lanka's small aluminum coinage of this period was introduced following the country's formal name change from Ceylon in 1972, requiring a wholesale reissue of circulating denominations. By the mid-1970s, the 2-cent piece had so little purchasing power that it functioned primarily as change-making infrastructure rather than a meaningful unit of value — a problem the Central Bank addressed not by elimination but by switching to cheaper aluminum blanks to reduce production costs below face value.