Central Bank issues uncirculated commemorative coin to mark 70th anniversary

Obverse

Reverse

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to mark its 70th anniversary has issued an uncirculated commemorative coin in the denomination of Rs. 20.

The first coin was officially presented to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. Lakshman at the President Secretariat yesterday.

The Central Bank commenced operations in August 1950 and has completed 70 years of its unique and valued contribution to the prosperity of Sri Lanka.

The coin has 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 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 a price of Rs. 1,300 through the CBSL sales counter at the

Economic History Museum, Central Point Building, No. 54, Chatham Street, Colombo 01 and CBSL

Regional Offices in Anuradhapura, Matale, Matara, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi and Nuwara Eliya.