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The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to their low value.
The ushering of peace and prosperity to Sri Lanka Blue 157 X 78.5 mm paper 20 May 2009 17 November 2009 [3] [4] Layard's Parakeet: 500 rupees Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2013 held in Sri Lanka Purple 143 x 67 mm paper 15 November 2013 Sri Lanka Hanging parrot: 1000 rupees 70th Anniversary of Sri Lanka regaining Independence Green
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued two commemorative notes. In 1998 a 200 rupees note was issued on Independence day to commemorate the 50th Independence Anniversary of the country. The note was issued along with three commemorative coins; a five thousand rupees gold coin, a one thousand rupees silver coin, and a ten rupees bi-metallic coin.
The rupee sign "₨" is a currency sign used to represent the monetary unit of account in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Mauritius, Seychelles, and formerly in India.It resembles, and is often written as, the Latin character sequence "Rs", of which (as a single character) it is an orthographic ligature.
The national anthem of Sri Lanka "Sri Lanka Matha" is believed to have been written by Rabindranath Tagore [5] and later composed by Ananda Samarakoon in 1940 before the island nation's independence from the British. In 1951, it became the national anthem of Sri Lanka. [6] [7] Firstly, it was written in Sinhalese and translated to Tamil. The ...
Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the southern coast of India. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonized by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the entire country passed to Britain in 1815.
Sri Lanka Customs Commemorative coin Silver 10.50 2008 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Silver 11.90 2009 1000 60th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Army 28.50 Cu-Ni 8.25 2009 5000 60th Anniversary Central Bank of Sri Lanka [2] Central Bank Crest A tree depicting the growth and the stability of Sri Lanka's economy 38.61 Silver 28.28
Orders, decorations, and medals of Sri Lanka (6 C, 6 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Sri Lanka" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.