2 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon

€210,421.00
IssuerSri Lanka (1972-date)
Year1979
TypeStandard banknote
Value2 Rupees
CurrencyRupee (1972-date)
CompositionPaper
Size108 × 59 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#83
Obverse descriptionDenomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Black ruby barb (puntius nigrofasciatus) swimming left, with rocks in upper background.
Reverse descriptionTamil lacewing butterfly (cathosia nietneri nietneri) and Ceylonese tree skink (Dasia haliana) atop Murraya cleniei plant.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionLion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw.
Obverse letteringஇரண்டு ரூபாய் TWO RUPEES රුපියල් දෙකක්ශ්‍ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය මුදල් ඈමති මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. 1979 – 03 – 26 Puntius nigrofasciatus
(Translation: Two Rupees Two Rupees  Central Bank of Sri Lanka Issued on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka. This currency note is legally valid for payment of any amount within Sri Lanka.  {signature of Ronnie de Mel} Finance Minister {signature of Warnasena Rasaputram} Governor of the Central Bank  Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Bank of Ceylon.)
Reverse letteringශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. රුපියල් දෙකයි இரண்டு ரூபாய் Two Rupees
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Catalog ID8087324250
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