Issuing authority
Sri Lanka
Successor state to Ceylon, issuing rupee coinage and notes.
- Kind
- republic
- Region
- South Asia, Asia
- Recorded period
- 1972 – present
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
7
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
7 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1972 – 2010
7 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (7)
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ENZorina via Wikimedia Commons
modern coins
Sri Lankan rupee coinage
from 1972
Sri Lankan rupee coinage represents the modern currency minted for Sri Lanka, issued under the authority of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. Known until 1972 as the Ceylonese rupee, the unit is subdivided into one hundred cents. Following the nation's adoption of a republican constitution, a distinct national coinage…
Partial type record
StampWorld catalogue
stamps
Rock and Temple Paintings issue, Sri Lanka, 1973
1973
The Rock and Temple Paintings issue comprises 4 postage stamps released by Sri Lanka on 3 September 1973. The StampWorld catalogue lists 4 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 9, 10, 11, 12), printed in 4 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 35C multicoloured; 50C multicoloured; 90C multicolo…
Partial type record
Bank Note Museum via Numista
banknotes
100 Rupees, Central Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, 1979 (Pick 88)
1979
This 100 Rupees note was issued in Sri Lanka by the Central Bank of Ceylon, dated 1979. It belongs to the Rupee (1972-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date). It measures 156 × 76 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of Worl…
Partial type record
hex7ech via Numista
banknotes
2 Rupees, Central Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, 1979 (Pick 83)
1979
This 2 Rupees note was issued in Sri Lanka by the Central Bank of Ceylon, dated 1979. It belongs to the Rupee (1972-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date). It measures 108 × 59 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World…
Partial type record
StampWorld catalogue
stamps
Flowers issue, Sri Lanka, 1982
1982
The Flowers issue comprises 4 postage stamps released by Sri Lanka on 1 April 1982. The StampWorld catalogue lists 4 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 155, 156, 157, 158), printed in 4 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 35(C) multicoloured; 2.00(R) multicoloured; 7.00(R) multicoloured; 2…
Partial type record
StampWorld catalogue
stamps
Vesak issue, Sri Lanka, 1991
1991
The Vesak issue comprises 4 postage stamps released by Sri Lanka on 17 May 1991. The StampWorld catalogue lists 4 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 525, 526, 527, 528), printed in 4 design types. Values and colours recorded for the issue: 0.75(R) multicoloured; 1.00(R) multicoloured; 2.00(R) multicoloured; 11…
Partial type record
hex7ech via Numista
banknotes
50 Rupees, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, 2010–2022 (Pick 124)
2010-2022
This 50 Rupees note was issued in Sri Lanka by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, with dates recorded from 2010–2022. It belongs to the Rupee (1972-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date). It measures 133 × 67 mm and is printed on paper. Th…
Partial type record
Entries by catalogue category
- Banknotes3
- Postage Stamps3
- Modern World Coins1
Counts of published entries only. They describe this catalogue's holdings, not everything the issuer or maker produced.
Dated entries by century
- 20th century6
- 21st century1
Only the 7 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
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