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  2. Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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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 its low value. It is issued by ...

  3. Pre-modern coinage in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Pre-modern coinage in Sri Lanka. Most of the pre-modern coinage used in Sri Lanka or coins used in pre-Christian Sri Lanka can be categorised as punch-marked coins, tree and swastika coins, elephant and swastika coins and Lakshmi plaques. [1]

  4. Banknotes of the Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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    The banknotes of the Sri Lanka rupee are part of the physical form of Sri Lanka 's currency. The issuance of the rupee banknotes began in 1895. The Government of Ceylon introduced its first paper money in the form of the 5 rupee banknote in 1895. These were followed by 10 rupee notes in 1894, 1000 rupee notes in 1899, 50 rupee notes in 1914, 1 ...

  5. Category:Coins of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Three halfpence (British coin) Categories: Coins by country. Currencies of Sri Lanka. Economic history of Sri Lanka.

  6. Commemorative banknotes of the Sri Lankan rupee - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Kahavanu - Wikipedia

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    Kahavanu obverse. Kahavanu is a medieval currency from Sri Lanka.. This anonymous gold coinage appears to have been initiated shortly before Rajaraja Chola invaded Lanka in 990 AD, and struck through the period when the Cholas dominated the island (1017-1070), and continued by closely similar coins struck for Vijayabahu (1055-1110) after he re-established Sinhala independence in 1070.

  8. Sri Lankan commemorative coins - Wikipedia

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    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] It was the first multi-colour coin issued by the Central Bank.

  9. Larin (currency) - Wikipedia

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    Larin (currency) Three punches: two with Kannada inscriptions, one with uncertain animal. Larin (plural: lari) is the name of a class of objects serving as coins in areas around the Arabian Sea. The name is derived from Lar, a Persian town that according to tradition would have been the first to produce lari. A larin was a piece of silver wire ...

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