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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1962-1964 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව FIVE RUPEES ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණදෙනුවක් සඳහා නීත්යානුකූල ටෙන්ඩරයකි. රුපියල් පහයි 1964-6-12 (Signature of Minister of Finance) (Signature of Governor) මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති ඉන්දු ரூபாய் G/79 396481 |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON FIVE RUPEES (Sinhala text for 'Central Bank of Ceylon' and 'Five Rupees') (Tamil text for 'Central Bank of Ceylon' and 'Five Rupees') 5 |
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Ceylon's post-independence central banking apparatus was still finding its footing in the early 1960s, and this series reflects that transitional moment — the Central Bank had only been established in 1950, and early note designs leaned heavily on the colonial-era visual grammar that Bradbury Wilkinson had been supplying to British territories for decades. The relationship between the bank and the New Malden press was a long and fairly exclusive one during this period.
Pick 63 is the second signature variety group for the 5 Rupee denomination, spanning a two-year window tied to changes in the Governor's office rather than any monetary event. Minor signature variations within the type are the primary collecting distinction here.