1982 : Sri Lanka - 50 Rupee note
Historical and Archaeological

The Central Bank of Ceylon (CBSL) issued in 1983 April for circulation, a 50 Rupee Currency Note dated 1982-01-01 in a series of Notes that started in 1981 on theme Historical and Archaeology of Sri Lanka.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
Image on Front and back are identified in Sinhala, Thamil and English in increasing Font size printed next to it.
Predominant Color :Front - Blue with Orange on left and Red on right of center
:Back - Blue with few green leaves and orange flowers.
Size: 146 x 73 mm
Front: Landscape
Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 50 at all four corners. At upper center the value රුපියල් පනහයි in Sinhala. ஐம்பது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and FIFTY RUPEES in English, at 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 1982-01-01
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
An image of the famous Buddhist statue and painting building with caption bottom left of it in Sinhala රජ මහා විහාරය, කැළණිය, Thamil இராஜமகாவிகாரை, களனி., and English RAJA MAHA VIHARE, KELANIYA.
Braille:Four small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
Within a decorative border, Numeric 50 at top left and Bottom right. 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.
රුපියල් පනහයි in Sinhala. ஐம்பது ரூபாய் in Thamil, and FIFTY RUPEES in English, in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on bottom.
An image of the ruins of medieval stnding Buddha statue building with caption lower right on it in Sinhala ලංකාතිලක විහාරය, පොලොන්නරුව., Thamil இலங்காதிலக விகாரை, பொலன்னறுவை., and English LANKATILEKA MAHA VIHARE, POLONNARUWA.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON.
Watermark: 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, in Green. On right outlines of large Flag Lion with Sword in raised right paw in yellow with large numeric 50 highlighting design at center.
Back: Faint Radials out of watermark panel and highlight of green leaves and orange flowers on upper border and design on bottom border.
Latent image: Within the top diamond in the motif at front bottom center, the Numeric value 50 written with horizontal lines on vertical line background, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on right.

Denom.Date on
BankNote 		Finance MinisterCBSL GovernorFirst Serial #Mintage
in K
Rs.50 1982-01-01 Ronnie de Mel Warnasena Rasaputram H/1 000001 50,000
Minister of Finance Governor
Central Bank of Ceylon
1982-01-01
Ronnie de Mel Warnasena Rasaputram

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.