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5000 Rupees Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Weight | 7.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Seated figure of Avalokitesvara, the Bodhisattva of compassion, depicted in a graceful, meditative posture at center. The effigy is rendered in a stylized traditional artistic style, with fine decorative detail in the field. A circular legend surrounds the central device, with commemorative inscriptions recording the 50th anniversary of independence. |
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| Reverse script | Sinhala/Tamil/Latin |
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Issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence from Britain, achieved on February 4, 1948. The .917 fineness — 22-karat — places this squarely in the Commonwealth gold coin tradition, matching the historic British sovereign standard that Ceylon had circulated under for over a century before independence.