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Sri Lanka
 
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Čōšaličak Kuṭiyaraču
Capital Colombo
Population (millions) 21.1
Area (sq km) 65,610
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 4,000

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 9th All varieties 4
Year of the first polymer issue 1998 Proof 0
Number of polymer issues 1 Specimen 1
Current status Paper Regular 3
New polymer issues expected? No Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 
Signatory 1 Signatory 2
 

 

 

 

Central Bank of Sri Lanka
 

 

Bank notes for sale (additional offers)

 

 

Basic varieties of bank notes can be purchased further down this page from the bank notes' tables.

 

This table shows additional offers:

 

PIC REF. DESCRIPTION PRICE BUY
S1R1 P114a. 200 Rupees. Red serial number.
Note in folder. Image		 €19.50
S1R1 P114a. 200 Rupees. Single note.
Error: orange serial number.		 €19.00
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY REF. CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Sri Lanka S1 Rupee 200 146.5x73 P114 NPA Guardian®

REF. DATE SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION PRICE PICS
S1S1 1998 - 02 - 04 Kumaratunga-Jayawardena SPECIMEN; serial number N/1 000000; black serial number not given F  B
images from Vincent Tan
S1R1 1998 - 02 - 04 Kumaratunga-Jayawardena red serial number €16.50
 F  B
S1R2 1998 - 02 - 04 Kumaratunga-Jayawardena black serial number; 1-digit serial number prefix denominator €9.50 F  B
S1R3 1998 - 02 - 04 Kumaratunga-Jayawardena black serial number; 2-digit serial number prefix denominator €8.00
 F  B
 

 

Issued on 05.02.98.

 

 

Serial number varieties. Three different serial number varieties were produced.

 

Certain notes were issued as a collectors' issue in folders with red serial numbers (S1R1). It would appear, however, that the red ink used for serial numbers was unstable as some serial numbers appear orange (this is an error version of S1R1). This change appeared on a significant number of notes. See Error bank notes for scans. Many serial numbers show both red and orange colours and it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between the two colours.

 

Regular issue notes were issued with black serial numbers and two varieties are known: one digit in serial number prefix denominator (S1R2) and two digits in serial number prefix denominator (S1R3).

 

 

Bank notes are signed by the Minister of Finance, Chandrika Kumaratunga, and the Governor, A. S. Jayawardana (in office from 1995 to 2004).

 

 

Sri Lanka, 200 Rupees, issued in 1998. Issued to commemorate 50 years of independence from the United Kingdom. Front: Images represent the progress of the past 50 years, such as: free education and health services, electricity, telecommunications, and industrial development, Bandaranaike International Airport, new parliament complex, development of the Colombo city and port. Back: Images represent the national heritage, starting with the advent of Prince Vijaya in the 6th century B.C., invasion of Sri Lanka by the Portuguese and the Dutch in the 16th and the 17th century A.D., the conquest by the British in the 19th century, and other events.

 

 

50th anniversary of Sri Lanka independence commemorative notes & coins (1998)

 

 

Plastic cash gets no credit in Sri Lanka (2004)

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