1987 - 1990 : Sri Lanka
Historical and Development
500 Rupee note
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka
(CBSL) issued in
for circulation, a 500 Rupee Currency Notes in a series of Notes
called Sri Lanka Historical and Development.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
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| Predominant Color |
:Front - Brown with Pink, Blue, Yellow and Orange in background
:Back - Brown with Green leaves background decorate.
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| Size | : 165 x 79 mm
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Front: Landscape
At right is image of the Elephant facing left with rider from the entrance to the
Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.
with caption below centered of it in
Sinhala
ගල් රූකමක්,
ශ්රි දළදා
මාලිගාව,
මහනුවර,
Thamil
கற்
சிற்பம்,
புனித
தந்த
ஆலயம்,
கண்டி.,
and English STONE SCULPTURE, TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH RELIC, KANDY .
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Within a decorative border and center, Numeric 500 at all four corners.
At upper center the value
රුපියල් පන්සියයයි in Sinhala,
ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் in Thamil
and FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES in English,
at bottom center.
In Top center in Sinhala,
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and Central Bank of Sri Lanka 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 19YY-MM-DD
Horizontal Serial number on lower left of center and upper right.
Braille:Six small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically
on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
At center is image of the ancient dagaba
with caption bottom center of it in
Sinhala
අභයගිරි ස්ථුපය,
අනුරාධපුර,
Thamil
அபயகிரி
தூபி,
அநுராதபுரம்.,
and English ABHAYAGIRI STUPA, ANURADHAPURA.
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Foliage with red flowers on top and foliage with a bird
at the bottom
Within a decorative border, Numeric 500 at top left and Bottom right.
රුපියල් පන්සියයයි in Sinhala,
ஐந்நூறு ரூபாய் in Thamil
and FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size justified on bottom.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
in Sinhala,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil
and CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size, centered on top.
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
BRADBURY WILKINSON.
Watermark: Lion from national Flag standing facing left with sword
in right paw, outlined 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 with large numeric 500 highlighting design at
center. UV-printing in front of Notes issued with date 1987-01-01
is in Yellow, while the later dates 1988-11-21 1989-02-21
and 1990-04-05 is in Green
Back: Highlight of Stupa, foliage at bottom and decorate around watermark panel in Greenish Yellow.
Latent image: Within the upper decorate in the motif at
front bottom center, the Numeric value 500 written with
horizontal lines on vertical line background, as seen on this
1200 dpi scan on right.
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in
*-Notes
| Deno. | Date on
BankNote | Finance Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Mintage
in K | Repla.
Prefix
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| Rs.500 | 1987-01-01 | Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram | B/1 000001 | 5,000 | ---
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| Rs.500 | 1988-11-21 | M.H.M.Nainamarikkar | H.N.S.Karunatillake | B/6 000001 | 3,000 | R/7
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| Rs.500 | 1989-02-21 | D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake | B/9 000001 | 7,000 | R/7
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| Rs.500 | 1990-04-05 | D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake | B/16 000001 | 5,000 | R/7
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Have image of 1988 Rs500 Replacement
note with low serial
number 1321. The expected 0.2% of 1987 replacement notes is 10,000 for
5M issue. The higher denomination replacements of these older issues
are more common than the lower. So probably the 1987 Rs 500 may not
have used replacements like the Rs1000.
| Minister of Finance |
Governor
Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
1987-01-01
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| Ronnie de Mel | Warnasena Rasaputram |
1988-11-21
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| M.H.M.Nainamarikkar | H.N.S.Karunatillake |
1989-02-21
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1990-04-05
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| D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake |
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The Central Bank of Ceylon Rs 500, Rs 1000 first issued in 1981 did not
the Picture captions included in other denominations issued from 1982.
They have been included with redesign, changing UV images to new format as well.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.