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50 Rupees
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1956-1959 |
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| Value | 50 Rupees |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue with an olive-toned underprint, the reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of the ornate Moonstone and stairway of an ancient Sinhalese temple, rendered in fine engraved detail with a carved stone frieze in the foreground. A large plain watermark circle is positioned to the left, surrounded by a guilloche border, with Sinhala script and Tamil script legends above and below. The denomination "FIFTY RUPEES" appears in English at the lower left, and the printer's imprint runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Protection description | Chinze (mythical lion guardian figure) watermark |
| Variants | P#60a - 30.07.1956 & 09.4.1958 & 07.11.1958 P#60b - 11.09.1959 |
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