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Sterling-denominated treasury notes continued to circulate after 1836, along with the rupee. The legal currency remained British silver and accounts were kept in pounds, shillings and pence. However, payments were made in rupees and annas at the "fictitious par" (fixed accounting rate) of two shillings per rupee (i.e. £1 = Rs. 10/-).
The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. It follows the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom into the hands of the British Empire. [ 6 ] It ended over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy rule on the island. [ 7 ]
Saint Helena pound £ ... British Indian Ocean Territory: United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 ... Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) LKR
Pound Sterling [14] GBP British Indian Ocean Territory (Great Britain) £ Pence Brunei dollar [15] BND ... Sri Lankan rupee [77] LKR
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and Tibet.
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. [3] The pound is the main unit of sterling, [4] [c] and the word pound is also used to refer to the British currency generally, [7] often qualified in international contexts as the British pound or the pound sterling. [4]
There were about 129,076 Sri Lankan-born residents in the United Kingdom according to the 2011 census. [20] The majority of Sri Lankan immigrants in the United Kingdom live in London, with an estimated population of 84,000 in 2011. [21] There is also a community of European descent in Sri Lanka called the Burghers. These are people descended ...
Before the First World War, the British pound sterling was the most important international currency, and the City of London was the world's most important financial centre. More than 60 per cent of global trade was financed, invoiced, and settled in sterling, and the largest proportion of official reserves, apart from gold, was held in sterling.