Sri Lanka 1000 rupees 2023 - 75th Independence Celebration

New collector's type:

"75th Independence Celebration"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: copper-nickel
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Weight: 28.28 mm
Thickness: 3.50 mm
Mint: Royal Dutch Mint

(images and data taken from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
LINK: Lakdiva coin collection

Sri Lanka 20 rupees 2021 - 150th Anniversary of Census of Population and Housing

New circulation commemorative coin:

"150th Anniversary of Census of Population and Housing"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 8.59 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 2 million

(images and data taken from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
LINK: Lakdiva coin collection

Sri Lanka 20 rupees 2020 - 150th Anniversary of the Colombo Medical Faculty

New circulation commemorative coin:

"150th Anniversary of the Colombo Medical Faculty"



TECHNICAL DATA
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Weight: 8.59 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 500,000

(images and data taken from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka
LINK: Lakdiva coin collection

Sri Lanka 20 rupees 2020 - 70th Anniversary of The Central Bank of Sri Lanka

New commemorative coins for circulation and collectors:

"70th Anniversary of The Central Bank of Sri Lanka"



TECHNICAL DATA
Issue date: 03/03/2021
Composition: nickel plated steel
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 5 million

A collectors item was issued recently with exactly the same design:

TECHNICAL DATA
Issue date: 31/12/2020
Composition: aluminium-bronze
Diameter: 28.00 mm
Thickness: 2.00 mm
Mintage: 3.000
Mint: CBPM (China)

(image from coins.lakdiva.org)
(news by Pabitra Saha)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2018 - 75th Anniversary of the Signal Corps

New circulating commemorative:

"75th Anniversary of the Signal Corps"



(news and image from Pabitra Saha)

Deeper info at Dr Kavan Ratnatunga's site.

Sri Lanka 2017 - New circulating coin family

New circulating coin family released in december 2018:



Real photo:



(news by Pabitra Saha)
(images from Dr Kavan Ratnatunga and Pabitra Saha)

Deeper info at Dr Kavan Ratnatunga's site.

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2017 - Ceylon Tea 150th Anniversary

New circulating commemorative:

"Ceylon Tea 150th Anniversary"



(news and image from Dr Kavan Ratnatunga)

Deeper info at Dr Kavan Ratnatunga's site.

Sri Lanka 5 rupees 2016 - Steel type

New circulating type:

Sri Lanka 5 rupees coins from 2016 are stainless steel. You'll find further information about these new coins at LakdivaCoins Collection.



(news from Pabitra Saha and Kavan Ratnatunga)
(image from Kavan Ratnatunga)

LINK: LakdivaCoins Collection
LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 1 rupee 2016 - Steel type

New circulating type:

Sri Lanka 1 rupees coins from 2016 are stainless steel. You'll find further information about these new coins at LakdivaCoins Collection.



(news from Pabitra Saha and Kavan Ratnatunga)
(image from Kavan Ratnatunga)

LINK: LakdivaCoins Collection
LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 2000 rupees 2017 - Visakha Vidyalaya

New collectors' silver issue:

"Centenary of Visakha Vidyalaya"

Visakha Vidyalaya is a girls school in Colombo that provides primary and secondary education. It was founded in 1917 by Celestina Dias (1858-1933), a Ceylonese philanthropist and businesswoman, pioneer in the field of Buddhist Girls' education and women entrepreneurs.



(news by Pabitra Saha)
(images taken from lakdiva.com)
(information taken from Wikipedia)

Further info: Kavan Ratnatunga's site

Sri Lanka 500 rupees 2015 - Colombo Municipal Council

New collectors' silver issue:

"Colombo Municipal Council 150th Anniversary"



(information from Pabitra Saha)
(images from lakdiva.com and Pabitra Saha)

Further info: Kavan Ratnatunga's site

Sri Lanka 5 rupees 2014 - 75 years of Bank of Ceylon

New circulating commemorative:

'75 years of Bank of Ceylon'

Sri Lanka has finally released this coin on July 9th.



(information from Shamik Biswas)
(image taken from coins.lakdiva.org by Dr Ratnatunga)

Sri Lanka 500 rupees 2014 - Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala

New collectors' silver issue:

'150th Birth Anniversary of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala'



(information from Pabitra Saha)

Sri Lanka 500 rupees 2015 - Papal Visit

New collectors' silver issue:

'Papal Visit to Sri Lanka in january 2015'



(information from Pabitra Saha and Aidan Work)
(image from Sanjeewa Gayan)

Further info: Kavan Ratnatunga's site

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2013 - Districts series

New circulating commemoratives:

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued a series of 25 coins of 10 ruppees celebrating each of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka in the 9 provinces. The coins have been minted by the Slovak Kremnica Mint.

Northern Province: Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mannar, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya



North Western Province: Puttalam, Kurunegala
Western Province: Gampaha, Colombo, Kalutara



North Central Province: Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa
Central Province: Matale, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya



Sabaragamuwa Province: Kegalle, Ratnapura
Eastern Province: Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara



Uva Province: Badulla, Monaragala
Southern Province: Hambantota, Matara, Galle



(news from Shamik Biswas, Pabitra Saha and Dilminidu Samarasekara)
(images from Dr Kavan Ratnatunga at his great site coins.lakdiva.org)

Sri Lanka 1 rupee 2013 - Die Variation

Upper type is from the Finland Mint.
Lower one is from the British Royal Mint.



(news and image by Pabitra Saha)

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2013 - Districts series

New circulating commemoratives:

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will issue a series of 25 coins of 10 ruppees celebrating each of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka. The designs for the new series will depict one or more of unique Archeological, Cultural, Economic, Environmental, Religious or Social characteristics of each District. The coins will be minted by the Slovak Kremnica Mint.

This is the design for the Colombo district issue, which will portray certain city sights and the Colombo Port:



(news from Shamik Biswas and Pabitra Saha)

Sri Lanka 2 rupees 2013 - Steel type

New circulating type:

Sri Lanka 2 rupees coins from 2013 are stainless steel, and not Nickel clad steel like the earlier ones (KM#147a). Further reading about the new coins and Mints making them: HERE.



(news and image from Pabitra Saha and Wolfgang Schuster)

LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 10 rupees 2013 - Steel type

New circulating type:



(news from Pabitra Saha and Wolfgang Schuster)
(information and image from Kavan Ratnatunga)

Further info: Kavan Ratnatunga's site
LINK: Central Bank of Sri Lanka

SPECIFICATIONS
Alloy: Steel
Diameter: 26.40 mm
Thickness: 2.10 mm
Weight: 8.36 gms
Edge: 11 plain sides
Mint: Mincovna Kremnica, Slovakia

Sri Lanka 2 rupees 2012 - Scout Movement Centenary

New circulating commemorative:

"Centenary of the Sri Lanka Scout Movement"
Design:



Real coin image (by Egon Conti):



The badge of the Sri Lanka Scout Movement:



(information and images from Pabitra Saha and http://lakdiva.org)

SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: nickel plated steel
Weight: 7.00 g
Diameter: 28.50 mm
Thickness: 1.50 mm
Edge: milled