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20 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon

Issuer Central Bank of Ceylon
Year 1979
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse lettering රුපියල් විස්සයි இருபது ரூபாய் TWENTY RUPEES 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 1979–03–26 இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
(Translation: Twenty Rupees Twenty 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 description Central vignette of a Ceylon blue magpie (Urocissa ornata) in flight above a native tree fern (Cyathea sinuata), with a rhino-horned lizard (Ceratophora stoddarti) and a dalawa medilla snake (Aspidura trachyprocta) rendered alongside at ground level. The denomination appears in Sinhala, Tamil, and English, with the issuing authority inscribed across the upper register in all three scripts. The overall design employs fine intaglio line work consistent with De La Rue production standards of the period.
Reverse lettering ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி Central Bank of Ceylon රුපියල් විස්සයි இருபது ரூபாய் Twenty Rupees
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