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Obverse : Official logo of Bank of Ceylon 75th Anniversary, slightly modified to fit coin.
Large 75 in center, within the 5 and cutting the 7 the BoC logo with
a Flag Lion facing left with sword in right paw within plain circle.
A legend
ලංකා
බැංකුව
in Sinhala on top
இலங்கை
வங்கி in Thamil on right
and Bank of Ceylon on left along outer annulus.
Years 1939-2014 below.
Legend
සංවත්සරය
in Sinhala on top
ஆண்டுநிறைவு
in Thamil on right and Anniversary on left
within circle of dashes along periphery with raised rim.
Reverse : The large numeral denomination 5 with big
රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala,
and smaller
ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil
and FIVE RUPEES
superimposed and 2014 year expected for issue at the bottom.
year of issue at the bottom.
The country name
ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top,
இலங்கை in Thamil
on left and SRI LANKA on Right. All within circle of dashes along periphery with raised rim.
Edge : The coin is 2.7 MM thick and has incused lettering on milled edge in
ශ්රී . ලං . ම . බැ . in Sinhala,
இ . ம . வ . in Thamil
and C . B . S . L ..
Minted at Royal Mint Llantrsant, United Kingdom.
The artwork was done by artist ...
Although the press release said they will be circulated to commercial Banks on July 16th, they were not issued to public at CBSL cash counter even on 17th. The commemorative coin was obtained from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on July 20th, when they were first circulated to the public.
The coin scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at
254 dpi.