1989 - 1990 : Sri Lanka
Historical and Development
50 Rupee note
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka
(CBSL) issued in
for circulation, 50 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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| 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
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Front: Landscape
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.
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 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:Four small squares printed in relief incorporated vertically
on the right hand side border of the note.
Back: Portrait
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.
Within a decorative border, Numeric 50 at top left and Bottom right.
රුපියල් පනහයි in Sinhala.
ஐம்பது ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and FIFTY 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 50 highlighting design at
center in Green
Back: 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.
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.50 | 1989-02-21 | D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake | D/1 000001 | 10,000 | R/4
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| Rs.50 | 1989-02-21 | D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake | D/11 000001 | 13,000 | R/4 DKS
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| Rs.50 | 1990-04-05 | D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake | D/24 000001 | 3,800 | (R/4)
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| Minister of Finance |
Governor
Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
1989-02-21
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1989-02-21 1990-04-05
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| D.B.Wijethunga | H.N.S.Karunatillake |
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The notes dated 1989-02-21 had 2 orders. The First for all the Denominations except Rs 100
and had a thin Signature for Karunatilake, and the Second for Denominations Rs 10, Rs 50 and Rs 100.
with a normal Signature with a dot after. The Rs 10 and this Rs 50 have both varieties of Signature
for date 1989-02-21.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.