| Beschrijving voorzijde |
Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English. Black ruby barb (puntius nigrofasciatus) swimming left, with rocks in upper background. |
| Opschrift voorzijde |
இரண்டு ரூபாய் TWO RUPEES රුපියල් දෙකක්ශ් ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය මුදල් ඈමති මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. 1979 – 03 – 26 Puntius nigrofasciatus
(Translation: Two Rupees Two Rupees Central Bank of Sri Lanka Issued on behalf of the Government of Sri Lanka. This currency note is legally valid for payment of any amount within Sri Lanka. {signature of Ronnie de Mel} Finance Minister {signature of Warnasena Rasaputram} Governor of the Central Bank Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Bank of Ceylon.) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde |
Tamil lacewing butterfly (cathosia nietneri nietneri) and Ceylonese tree skink (Dasia haliana) atop Murraya cleniei plant. |
| Opschrift keerzijde |
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON. රුපියල් දෙකයි இரண்டு ரூபாய் Two Rupees |
| Handtekening(en) |
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| Beveiligingstype |
Watermark |
| Beschrijving beveiliging |
Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw. |
| Varianten |
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 |
8087324250 |
| Opmerkingen |
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