| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Two Rupee |
| Alloy | Stainless Steel |
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Thickness | 1.75 mm |
| Weight | 4.50 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Notched edge |
| DieAxis | 0° |
| Mint | Kremnica |
First change in basic Design of standard circulation coin since the 2 Rupee coin was introduced in 1984.
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Obverse : The Armorial Ensign of Sri Lanka with short name of country in SRI LANKA in English, ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, and இலங்கை in Thamil, on left, Top and Right of Ensign. Year 2017 at Bottom, all within a plain circle inside a raised rim.
Reverse : The Numeric 2 on top. The value රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala, இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil and TWO RUPEES in English in three line below. All within a border of traditional lotus petals around the periphery.
| Year | Issue |
| 2017 | 175,000,000 |
The Rs 2 coin has been made 30% smaller with the diameter reduced from
28.3 to 22 mm. Seven notches have been cut into the side of the Rs 2
coin to make it more easily identified by the visually impaired
people. Identified as the
Spanish_flower type of coin flan shape, consists of a smooth edge
separated into equal sections by seven indents.
However unlike the clear about 0.5 mm depth indents
illustrated in the line drawing sent to the Kremnica mint, the
indents when realised had a hardly measurable depth of maybe 0.1 mm,
which gave me hardly any signal when rubbing finger around coin
edge. The blind maybe more sensitive, but the international standard
for Braille is 0.48 mm, which the notch is clearly not.
The coin pack was obtained from CBSL on 2018 December 3rd.
The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 254 dpi.