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Obverse : Within plain circle, artists impression of a montage of
Colombo city skyline and the Colombo Port, with a feeder container
ship in front. From left to right clearly identifiable, the Colombo
Port Chaitya, Central Bank Building, The Bank of Ceylon Head office,
with Galadari Hotel, Old Parliament in front of it. The Twin towers
of the World Trade Center(WTC) with the Presidential Secretariat in
front, and Nelum Pokuna Theatre.
කොළඹ
in Sinhala on top,
கொழும்பு
in Thamil on left, and Colombo on right,
with 2013 below along the periphery of the coin.
Reverse : The large numeral denomination 10 with
රුපියල් දහයයි in Sinhala,
and
பத்து ரூபாய் in Thamil
and TEN RUPEES
below and year of issue at the bottom flanked by ears of paddy on either side..
The country name
ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top,
இலங்கை in Thamil
on left and SRI LANKA on Right. All within circle of a geometric design along periphery with partly raised rim.
The Commemorative card issued has line drawing and a brief description
including economic activities in district.
The design probably started as the Colombo Fort Skyline, as seen from Galle Face Green looking North as shown in photograph above. Although being used to reflect the changing skyline of Colonbo, the skyline view on this photograph has not changed since the WTC opened in 1996.
In the drawing on the coin, the Chaitya has replaced the Intercontinental (now Kingsbury) Hotel, and Nelum Pokuna has replaced Hilton Hotel. Therefore it is clearly NOT a real skyline looking North as seen from Galle Face Green.
A more realistic view in the skyline looking South-East from the Colombo Port is shown in the Rs 500 currency note.
The Coin obtained from CBSL was scanned at 600 dpi is displayed at 300 dpi.
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