2 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon

Issuer Sri Lanka (1972-date)
Year 1965-1977
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 2 Rupees
Currency Rupee (1972-date)
Composition
Size 114 × 58 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#72A
Obverse description Bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English at top. Statue of King Parakkrama at right.
Obverse lettering ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. ශ්‍රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය රුපියල් දෙකක්ශ්‍ මුදල් ඈමති මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති இரண்டு ரூபாய் TWO RUPEES
Reverse description Medirigiriya Vatadage, Polonnaruwa
Reverse lettering ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இரண்டு ரூபாய் இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி TWO RUPEES CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. රුපියල් දෙකක්ශ්‍
(Translation: Central Bank of Sri Lanka Two Rupees | Central Bank of Sri Lanka | Two Rupees Two Rupees)
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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.
Numisquare ID 7642434760
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