The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued an uncirculated commemorative coin to mark its 70th anniversary recently.
The CBSL commenced operations in August 1950 and completed 70 years of contribution to the prosperity of Sri Lanka.
The CBSL issued an uncirculated commemorative Rs. 20 coin with the following key features:
The obverse of the coin depicts the image of the Head Office building of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka with “70” in large numerals appearing at the center of the coin. Words “Central Bank of Sri Lanka” in Tamil, Sinhala and English appear along the periphery.
The years 1950-2020 are indicated at the bottom edge of the coin. The reverse of the coin depicts the face value “20” in large numerals with the words “Twenty Rupees” in Sinhala, Tamil and English and Year “2020” just below the words. “Sri Lanka” appears along the periphery on the upper edge of the coin in Tamil, Sinhala, and English.
The first coin was presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by the Governor of CBSL, Prof. W. D. Lakshman, at the President Secretariat.
The coin is issued in an attractive presentation case with a certificate of authenticity. This is a limited issue of 3,000 coins and a coin will be sold at Rs.1,300 through the CBSL sales counter at the Economic History Museum, Central Point Building, 54, Chatham Street, Colombo 1 and CBSL Regional Offices in Anuradhapura, Matale, Matara, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi and Nuwara Eliya.