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| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company, London |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a black ruby barb (Puntius nigrofasciatus) swimming left, with rocky formations in the upper background. Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English appear across the face, with two facsimile signatures of the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Central Bank below the central design. Date of issue printed at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a Tamil lacewing butterfly (Cethosia nietneri nietneri) and a Ceylonese tree skink (Dasia haliana) positioned on a Murraya koenigii plant. Denomination and bank name appear in Sinhala, Tamil, and English in the surrounding panels. |
| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. රුපියල් දෙකයි இரண்டு ரூபாய் Two Rupees |
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