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2000 Rupees Ananda College
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts a group portrait of three notable figures associated with Ananda College rendered in high relief against a polished field, with a stylised representation of the college building and radiating sunburst in the upper background. The legends in Sinhala script arc along the left and lower border, reading 'Ananda Vidyalaya', while 'ANANDA COLLEGE' is inscribed in Latin script along the right border. The dates '1886–2011' appear in the lower centre of the field, commemorating the 125th anniversary of the institution. Six pellets are evenly spaced around the inner border, framing the composition. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Sinhala/Tamil |
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Ananda College in Colombo was founded in 1886 as a Buddhist counterweight to the English-medium Christian missionary schools dominating colonial Ceylon — a direct product of the late 19th-century Buddhist revival led in part by Henry Steel Olcott. The 2011 commemorative marks the college's 125th anniversary. Ananda produced a disproportionate share of Sri Lanka's post-independence political and intellectual leadership, which explains why the Central Bank deemed a silver issue appropriate rather than a base-metal commemorative.