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The 1000 Rs commemorative coins will be up for sale for Rs.6,000 per coin at listed CBSL sales outlets. ... The Sri Lankan rupee is a closed currency which means it ...
In 2009 the 1000 rupees note commemorating the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War and the Ushering of Peace and Prosperity note was issued. The note is dated two days after the end of the war as 2009-05-20. The note is the first time since 1954, that an image of a living person has been used on Sri Lankan currency notes.
From 1977, banknotes were issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. 20 rupees notes were introduced in 1979, followed by 500 and 1000 rupees in 1981, 200 rupees in 1998 and 2000 rupees in 2006. Sri Lankan banknotes are unusual in that they are printed vertically on the reverse.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued commemorative coins since 1957. On 15 December 2010, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a Frosted Proof crown size multi-colour silver commemorative coin in the denomination of Rupees 5000 for the bank's 60th anniversary. [1]
The demand for decimalization existed for over a century. Sri Lanka decimalised its rupee in 1869. The Indian Coinage Act was amended in September 1955 for the adoption of a decimal system for coinage. The Act came into force with effect from 1 April 1957. [12] The rupee remained unchanged in value and nomenclature.
Raja on Rs. 1,000 Sri Lankan Rupee bank notes. Most of the times Raja carried the sacred casket at the annual perahera in Kandy flanked by Skanda and another tusker elephant. Sometimes Skanda too carried the casket, but Raja was the casket bearer of the important final Randoli perehera. Even after the demise of Skanda, the fellow tusker ...
In the abbreviated form, usage such as "₹ 5L" or "₹ 5 lac" (for "5 lakh rupees") is common. [4] In this system of numeration, 100 lakh is called one crore [ 3 ] and is equal to 10 million. Formal written publications in English in India tend to use lakh/ crore for Indian currency and Western numbering for foreign currencies, such as dollars ...
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) LKR Cent: 100 ... 1000 Pakistan: Pakistani rupee: Re or Rs (pl.) PKR Paisa: 100 Palau: United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100