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2000 Rupees Visakha Vidyalaya Centenary
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 2000 Rupees |
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| Obverse lettering | PANNAYA PARISUJJHATI 2000 රුපියල් ரூபாய் RUPEES 2017 இலங்கை ශ්රී ලංකා SRI LANKA |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Visakha Vidyalaya in Colombo was founded in 1917 as one of the first schools in Ceylon established specifically to provide English-medium education to Buddhist girls — a deliberate counterweight to the Christian missionary schools that dominated elite female education at the time. The centenary in 2017 coincided with renewed national debate about the school's continued status as a leading state institution. The gold plating on the reverse is a production choice the Central Bank has applied selectively to commemorative silvers of this period, distinguishing institutional anniversaries from standard issues.