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5 Rupees
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1965-1969 |
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| Value | 5 Rupees |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 FIVE RUPEES 1965 - 9 - 9 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Bradbury Wilkinson's contract with Ceylon ran through several denominations in this period, and the 5 Rupee was a workhorse note — high volume, heavy circulation, and consequently difficult to find today without the soft folds and corner wear that come from passing through market hands. The Central Bank had been issuing notes independently since 1951, having taken over from the Currency Board, and by the mid-1960s the series reflected a settled, post-independence institutional confidence rather than the transitional anxieties of the earlier decade.
Pick 68 spans a four-year window, with dates the primary differentiator between subvariants. The watermark — a lion passant — is consistent across the run.