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Obverse : To the right an artist's impression of a bowler.
A legend 2007 CRICKET WORLD CUP March 13-April 28
in English appears just above. The Win
අනු ශුරයෝ in Sinhala
இரண்டாம்
இடம்
in Thamil
and Runners-up in 3 lines appears to the left. The names of the 16
countries that participated in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
Tournament WEST INDIES ENGLAND BANGLADESH IRELAND NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA CANADA, SCOTLAND, BERMUDA,
NETHERLANDS, KENYA, ZIMBABWE, INDIA, PAKISTAN appear around the
periphery, with SRI LANKA in larger font on top, only in English
within a raised rim.
Reverse : The heraldic lion in the National Flag in upper center facing left with sword.
The large numeral denomination 1000 in lower right with
රුපියල් in Sinhala,
ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and RUPEES in 3 lines to left. All within plain circle.
The country name
ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top,
இலங்கை in Thamil
on right and SRI LANKA on left, with year of issue 2007
at the bottom along periphery in annulus with raised rim.
The Brillient Uncirculated coin enclosed in a circular coin case is embedded in
black velvet inside a black rexine covered 7.7cm square spring hinged box
with the Emblem of the Royal Mint printed in black on
the white cloth of the inside cover. A machine numbered Certificate
of Authenticity contains the specifications and description in
Sinhala, Tamil and English.
Coins minted at Royal Mint Llantrsant, United Kingdom.
The artwork was done by Central Bank artist M. H. Hasitha Chanka.
I was once told that it was Sri Lanka's most famous bowler Mr Muttiah
Muralitharan.
However when informed by a Cricket expert, that it
was a fast bowler, probably Chaminda Vas I was able to find a closely
matching photograph taken in 2007 December and shown on upper left.
The commemorative coin was obtained from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka stall at the International Cricket Ground, Dambulla, where they were first sold to public at the issue price was Rupees 1500/- or (US $14/-).
Read my Article Sri Lanka 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up Commemorative Coins which was submitted to the SundayTimes of Sri Lanka on 2008 August 20th but didn't get published because of lack of space.
The coin scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 254 dpi