Blue, orange and brown colored print. Male dancer with local headdress at right. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center.
Reverse description
Pale green, and black print. Butterflies above temple ruins, with shield and ornamental sword hilt in low foreground in vertical format.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Lion with sword.
Obverse lettering
Central Bank of Sri lanka
FIFTY RUPEES
Reverse lettering
CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA
FIFTY RUPEES
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.