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| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1981-1985 |
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| Printer | Bradbury, Wilkinson & Company |
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| Reverse description | The Abhayagiri Dagoba at Anuradhapura fills the upper central field as the dominant vignette, its massive dome rising against a circular guilloche halo, flanked by surrounding monastic structures and lush tropical foliage rendered in brown and green tones. A bird perched among palm fronds occupies the lower foreground, and the denomination and trilingual issuer inscriptions are repeated across the upper and lower registers. |
| Reverse lettering | ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON රුපියල් පන්සියයයි ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் Five Hundred Rupees 500 |
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| Protection description | the Chinthe (lion) device visible in the left field; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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