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50 Rupees
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව / இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி / CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON / රුපියල් පනහයි / ஐம்பது ரூபாய் / FIFTY RUPEES / THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Ceylon's Central Bank issued this denomination through a period of acute political tension — the 1970 election brought Sirimavo Bandaranaike back to power with a sweeping mandate, and the economic nationalism that followed would eventually lead to the 1972 republican constitution and the renaming of the country itself. Notes of this series, still reading "Ceylon," had a limited window before the issuing authority's name became obsolete.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement was long-standing with Colombo, though pressure to shift security printing to local facilities intensified through the early 1970s. The P#77 series predates that transition.