| Obverse description |
Purple-grey with ochre rainbow tint. Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Ceylon blue oakleaf butterfly (Kallima Philarchus Philarchus) above and Blotch Bow-finger gecko (Gymnodactylus Yakhuna Zonatus) below, featured against a scrub jungle background. |
| Obverse lettering |
රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் FIVE RUPEES 1979 – 03 – 26 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 இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
(Translation: Five Rupees Five 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 |
Flying squirrel (pteromys layaidi) and White-shouldered starling (sturnia sinensis) |
| Reverse lettering |
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி Central Bank of Ceylon රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் Five Rupees |
| Signature(s) |
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| Protection type |
Watermark |
| Protection description |
Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw. |
| Variants |
There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint ""in silver"" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000. |
| Numisquare ID |
7818039490 |
| Comments |
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