1000 Rupees 70th Independence Celebration

Issuer Sri Lanka (1972-date)
Year 2018
Type Commemorative banknote
Value 1000 Rupees
Currency Rupee (1972-date)
Composition Paper
Size 148 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Thomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom
Designer(s) Obverse: Kelum Gunasekera
Reverse: Sisira Liyanarachchi
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#130
Obverse description Centre panel features religious buildings of four faiths. The Mosque is Grand Sainthamaruthu Mosque. Four youths at bottom left Celebrating Diversity. At the right of the note is the Sri Lankan Hanging Parrot (Loriculus beryllinus).
Obverse lettering ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය රුපියල් දහයි ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் ONE THOUSAND RUPEES
(Translation: CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA This banknote issued on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka is legally valid for payment of any amount within Sri Lanka ONE THOUSAND RUPEES)
Reverse description On the back of the note, a Daul Bera drummer and a Malpadaya Netuma dancer are depicted. At the top right of the tone, a drawing of a guard-stone with guardian dieties appears. Along the right side of the note, double floral design called the “Dvithva Liya Vela” appears.
Reverse lettering 1000 ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA රුපියල් දහයි ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் ONE THOUSAND RUPEES 1000
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description Sri Lankan Hanging Parrot (Loriculus beryllinus) with numeral 1000
Variants
Numisquare ID 6382735260
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