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5 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Size | 117 × 63 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி Central Bank of Ceylon මුරගල, අනුරාධපුරය காவற்கோபுரங்கள், அனுராதபுரம் GUARDSTONE, ANURADHAPURA රුපියල් පහයි ஐந்து ரூபாய் Five Rupees BRADBURY WILKINSON |
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| Protection description | the Chinthe (lion) device visible in the unprinted oval area at centre-left of both faces. |
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Bradbury Wilkinson printed Ceylon's banknotes through much of the postwar period, but by 1982 the island had been Sri Lanka for nearly a decade — renamed in 1972 when the republic severed its last formal ties to the Crown. The Central Bank continued issuing notes under the Ceylon name until the full transition to Sri Lanka branding was complete, creating a brief overlap that confuses collectors who expect issuer and country name to align neatly.
P#91 represents the tail end of the Bradbury Wilkinson relationship with this issuer. The firm closed in 1990, and Ceylon-branded notes were already an anachronism by the time this series ran.