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500 Rupees 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Reference(s) | P#129 |
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| Reverse description | The note is oriented vertically on the reverse, with a central vignette of a Thelme Netuma dancer accompanied by a Yak Bera drummer to his left. The Padmanidhi guard-stone occupies the upper right, while a double floral scroll motif known as the Dvithva Liya Vela runs vertically along the full height of the right side. Denominations in Sinhala, Tamil, and English appear alongside the Central Bank of Sri Lanka inscription in all three scripts. |
| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA රුපියල් පන්සියයයි ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES |
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Sri Lanka hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2013, making it the first South Asian nation to do so since the summit's modern format was established. The note was issued specifically to commemorate the occasion — a common practice for the Central Bank, which has periodically released commemorative currency tied to major state events. De La Rue handled the printing, as they have for much of the Sri Lankan series going back decades.
Pick 129 is relatively straightforward as commemoratives go — no polymer substrate, no unusual security architecture beyond the watermark. The designer credits for obverse and reverse are unusually well-documented for a Sri Lankan issue of this period.