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2 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (Fauna and Flora series)
The pink-coloured two rupees bill is the lowest value banknote of the Bank of Ceylon’s fauna and flora series. Like all banknotes in the series it features native animal and plant species of Sri Lanka. Featured on the Rs2 bill are a fish, lizard and butterfly, along with their scientific ‘Latin’ names.You get: £0.002821 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
100 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (Armorial Ensign 1977)
The 1977-dated banknote of 100 rupees from the Central Bank of Ceylon has on its front side the armorial design of Sri Lanka, featuring a lion holding a sword. On the back side is a view on the ancient structure of Polonnaruwa Vatadage.You get: £0.141001 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (Armorial Ensign 1977)
This banknote of 50 Ceylonese Rupees from 1977 features the Armorial Ensign of the Socialist Republic Sri Lanka, the heraldic symbol of the lion with Sword featured on the country’s national flag. Text on the old Rs 50 bill reads ‘Central Bank of Ceylon’. On the back side of the fifty rupees note is a … ContinuedYou get: £0.070501 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
100 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike)
Former prime minister and founder of the Sinhala nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, the person on this Rs 100 banknote is S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. On the back side of the one hundred rupees bill is the ancient Buddhist temple complex of Polonnaruwa Vatadage.You get: £0.141001 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike)
The old 50 rupees Ceylon banknote features the portrait of Ceylon’s 4th Prime Minister, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. On the back side of the Rs 50 bill is a scene showing a tea plantation and tea pluckers.You get: £0.070501 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
100 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike swearing oath)
This Bank of Ceylon banknote of 100 rupees shows President S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike raising his hand while swearing the presidential oath. On the back side of the old Rs100 bill are three traditional Kandyan dancers and a drummer.You get: £0.141001 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike swearing oath )
Ceylon’s 4th Prime Minister Solomon W.R.D. Bandaranaike is pictured while swearing the oath and raising his hand, on this Rs50 banknote. On the back side of this old Sri Lankan banknote is the statue of Queen Viharamahadevi outside of Colombo town hall.You get: £0.070501 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
100 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (King Parakramabahu I statue)
The Rs100 banknote is the highest valued note of the King Parakramabahu series. It features the ancient Sinhalese’s king’s stone statue. On the back side is the fresco of Sigiriya showing two women with fruit and jewelry.You get: £0.141001 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (King Parakramabahu I statue)
The Rs50 bill from the Bank of Ceylon shows a statue of King Parakramabahu I on the front and moonstone stairwell to Queens Paviion in the ancient city of Anuradhapura on the back side. Carved into the moonstone are animal designs including elephants, horses, lions, bulls and swans.You get: £0.070501 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
10 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (King Parakramabahu I statue)
This green coloured Rs10 bill shows a statue of Sinhalese King Parakramabahu I on the front side. Text on the ten Ceylonese rupees bill reads ‘Central Bank of Ceylon’. The back side of the 10 rupees note shows a stone carving of two midgets and a guard holding a ‘punkalasa’ pot of plenty.You get: £0.014101 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
5 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (King Parakramabahu I statue)
The red and orange coloured banknote of 5 Ceylon rupees from the King Parakramabahu series shows the stone sculpture believed to be the ancient Sinhalese King. On the green and red coloured back side is an ancient lion statue. The lion is symbolic for the Sinhalese, Sri Lanka’s ethnic majority.You get: £0.007051 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
2 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (King Parakramabahu I statue)
This 2 rupees banknote from the Central Bank of Ceylon features the statue of King Parakramabahu I, ruler of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, the Sinhalese kingdom from the 11th century until 1310 CE. On the backside of the old two Ceylonese rupees bill is an view on the circular Buddhist shrine of Medirigiriya Vatadag.You get: £0.002821 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
100 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike portrait series)
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) is the man with glasses on the portrait of the old Rs100 rupees banknote from Ceylon. The back side of the One Hundred Rupees bill shows a scene from the Sigiriya Fresco, decoring the sides of the ancient rock fortress Lion Rock in Sri Lanka’s northern … ContinuedYou get: £0.141001 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
50 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike portrait series)
Prime Minister Bandaranaike’s portrait is on this blue-coloured banknote of Fifty Rupees from Ceylon. The back of this old Rs50 Ceylonese Rupees bill shows the Moonstone of the Queens Pavilion in Anuradhapura, one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka.You get: £0.070501 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
10 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike portrait series)
The green-coloured Rs10 bill from Ceylon shows a portrait of Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike who was Prime Minister of Ceylon until he was assassinated in 1959 by a Buddhist monk. The text on the banknote is in Sinhala and reads ‘Central Bank of Ceylon’. The English text reads ‘Ten Rupees’.You get: £0.014101 LKR = £0.0014100000 -
5 rupees Central Bank of Ceylon banknote (S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike portrait series)
The old Rs5 bill from Ceylon has the portrait of Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike on the front side and the statue of King Parakramabahu the Great on the back side. Text on the red-green coloured 5 rupees bill reads ‘Central Bank of Ceylon’ in Sinhala and ‘Five Rupees’ in English.You get: £0.007051 LKR = £0.0014100000
