ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
King ParakramaBahu - 1965-1968

Denomination : 2 Rupees Base Color : Brown & Lilac Under-print : Blue & Green English : Two Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දෙකයි Thamil : இரண்டு ரூபாய் Size : 114 x 59 mm SCWPM-lk :  67 Back Pictorial :  Circular Buddhist shrine, Medirigiriya Vatadage in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.2 1965-9-9 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana E/123 000001 20,000 Rs.2 1967-7-15 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana E/143 000001 15,000 Rs.2 1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon E/158 000001 20,000
Denomination : 5 Rupees Base Color : Orange Under-print : Aqua, Green & Brown English : Five Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පහයි Thamil : ஐந்து ரூபாய் Size : 125 x 64 mm SCWPM-lk :  68 Back Pictorial :  Statue of sage Pulasthi in medieval City of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.5 1965-9-9 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana G/81 800001 8,000 Rs.5 1967-7-15 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana G/89 800001 7,200 Rs.5 1967-9-1 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon G/97 000001 2,800 Rs.5 1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon G/99 800001 10,000
Denomination : 10 Rupees Base Color : Green Under-print : Violet, Brown & Blue English : Ten Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් දහයයි Thamil : பத்து ரூபாய் Size :  140x 70 mm SCWPM-lk : 69 Back Pictorial :  Guard standing with pot of plenty (punkalasa) in his left hand and in the other a sprouting branch complete with leaves, buds and flowers. A pair of midgets (Bahirawa) at on either side of his feet.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.10 1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon M/95 000001 20,000
Denomination : 50 Rupees Base Color : Blue Under-print : Purple and multicolor English : Fifty Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් පනහයි Thamil : ஐம்பது ரூபாய் Size : 151 x 79 mm SCWPM-lk :  70 Back Pictorial :  Moonstone at base of stone stairway to Queens Pavilion in Ancient City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Moonstone has 3¼ repeated sequence of Elephant, Horse, Lion and Bull in annulus, and equal total of 13 swans in inner annulus, along with various other annulus with floral designs.
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.50 1967-3-7 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana S/60 00001 2,000 Rs.50 1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon S/80 00001 1,500
Denomination : 100 Rupees Base Color : Brown Under-print : Purple, Green & Orange English : One Hundred Rupees Sinhala :  රුපියල් සියයයි Thamil : நூறு ரூபாய் Size : 162 x 86 mm SCWPM-lk :  71 Back Pictorial :  Sigiriya Fresco of 5th Century CE
Deno. Date on Note Minister of Finance Governor CBC 1st Serial # 000 Pcs Rs.100 1966-5-28 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana V/51 00001 500 Rs.100 1966-11-22 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana V/56 00001 500 Rs.100 1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon V/61 00001 1,500

Front: Line drawing of Sage Pulasthi statue (called King ParakramaBahu the Great ) facing forward, within panel on right. Similar panel for water-mark on the left. ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
at upper centre above ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක් ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය in three to five lines. The Value in Sinhala රුපියල් in one or two lines at center. The Numeric date as Year-Month-Day without leading zero below. Facsimile Sinhala signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, on left and මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති below to right. One Serial No at center for Rs 2 and twice on lower left and upper right for rest. Value in English RUPEES on left, at top or bottom and value in Thamil ரூபாய் on right always at bottom. All within a rectangular decorated border with Numeric Value in upper two corners and both, right or none of lower corners.
Back: Rectangular decorated border with Numeric Value in upper two corners and both, right or none of lower corners. Centered in border ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව in Sinhala,
at upper centre above on top or bottom, in Sinhala Text. Value in Sinhala රුපියල් at Upper, lower, or right. Within border, Top or Bottom, value in English RUPEES on left, and value in Thamil ரூபாய் on right.
Ceylon Pictorial on right or centered on micro under-print pattern with colored shading.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON & C^O L^D NEW MALDEN. SURREY, ENGLAND.
Watermark: Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent whip in right paw, Lion Lighter with outline including whip darker than paper.
Security: Metal strip same width of 1 mm for all denominations.
Micro-printing repeated in a range of varying small sizes in Sinhala, ශ්‍රීලංකාමහබැංකුව on the back mostly within the watermark panel except for Rs100 where it is on upper and lower border.

Although the general layout of all the notes are similar, the shape and location of each of the elements are slightly different for each of the denominations. Note that the Value in Tamil on front has moved from Bottom right to the Box in center.

Denomination	Rs 2	Rs 5	Rs 10	Rs 50	Rs 100
Portrait Panel	Squarish	Scallop	Scallop	Squarish	Oval
Legality lines	3	5	5	4	3
Sin. Value lines	1	1	2	2	2
Front Lower Numbers	None	Both	Both	Right	Both
Back Lower Numbers	Right	Both	Both	None	Both
Back Sin. CBC Center	Top	Top arc	Bottom	Top	Top
Front English Left	Bottom	Upper	Upper	Bottom	Bottom
Front Thamil Bottom	Right	Center	Center	Left	Bottom
Back Sinhala Center	Bottom	Left	Left	Bottom	Bottom
Back English	UppCen	UppLef	TopLef	LowRig	LowRig
Back Thamil	UppLef	BotLef	TopRig	UppCen	LowRig
Back Pictorial	Right	Center	Center	left	left

Minister of Finance	Governor Central Bank of Ceylon
1965-9-9 1966-5-28 1966-11-22 1967-7-15 1967-3-7 1967-9-1 U.B.Wanninayake W.Rajapatirana
1968-1-10 U.B.Wanninayake William Tennekoon

Among the five denominations, each issued on 1 to 4 dates, there are 2 different signature pairs. There are 7 dates, six (1965-67) with first and one (1968) with second. There were single Finance Ministers and two Governors of Central Bank within 2.3 years Both signature pairs and Five of the dates are represented above.

The notes were scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.