1982 : Sri Lanka - 1000 Rupee note
Historical and Archaeological
The Central Bank of Ceylon
(CBSL) issued on
1981 December 23rd for circulation, a 1000 Rupee Currency Note dated
1981-01-01 in a series of Notes that started in 1981
on theme Historical and Archaeology of Sri Lanka.
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| Predominant Color |
:Front - Green with bit of brown and blue and purple Orange in background design
:Back - Green with bit of brown and blue on peacock
| | Size | : 175 x 83 mm
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Front: Landscape
Drawing of the Bowattena Dam of the Mahaweli Project on the left.
Braille:Seven small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically
on the right hand side border of the note.
Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 1000 at all four corners.
රුපියල් දාහයි in Sinhala,
ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil
and ONE THOUSAND RUPEES in English.
in 2 lines of decreasing font size on bottom center.
In Top center in Sinhala,
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English
in next two lines with decreasing font size.
Next in even smaller font thr Legality Legend in 3 lines
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
Two Facsimile signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, and
next මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති.
Below Date 1981-01-01
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
Back: Portrait
Picture of a peacock on the right hand side centre and on the left
a vignette of the ancient Kantalai tank.
Within a decorative border, Numeric 1000 at top left and Bottom right.
රුපියල් දාහයි in Sinhala,
ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil
and ONE THOUSAND RUPEES in English.
in 3 lines of decreasing font size on bottom center.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
in Sinhala,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil
and CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size, centered on top.
Watermark: Hereldic Lion standing on hind legs facing left with bent
whip in right paw, Lion Lighter with outline including whip darker
than paper.
Security Thin polyester thread of 1 mm width embedded in note.
Micro-printing background pattern.
UV Printing: Front: Signature, Date and Serial Numbers, and
part of central decorate in Green. Outlines of large Flag Lion with
Sword in raised right paw in yellow, three Upper left, Center and lower right.
Back: Highlight of Peacock and decorative in Greenish Yellow.
Latent image: Within the decorates in the motif at
front bottom center, the Numeric value 1000 written with
horizontal lines on vertical line background, as seen on this
1200 dpi scan on right.
| Denom. | Date on
BankNote | Finance Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Mintage
in K
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| Rs.1000 | 1981-01-01 | Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram | P/1 000001 | 5,000
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| Minister of Finance |
Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon |
1981-01-01
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| Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram |
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The Printers name BRADBURY WILKINSON does not appear on 1981
Currency notes as it does for notes issued from 1982 to 1990 in small
script on bottom centered just below horizontal decorate on back
Text edited from book Sri Lanka Currency of Recent Times 1938 - 1985
by Mr. T M U Sallay 1986 CBSL Colombo.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.