2017
SRI LANKA - Ten Rupees

A thinner definitive Ten Rupee stainless Steel coin with a Eleven lobbed edge, first announced 2018 November 27th and first issued to public on December 3rd. It was to circulate along side the older coin which remained legal tender.

First change in basic Design of standard circulation coin since the 10 Rupee coin was introduced in 2009.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTen Rupee
AlloyStainless Steel
Diameter26.4 mm
Thickness1.80 mm
Weight6.43 gms
ShapeRound
EdgeEleven lobbed
DieAxis0°
MintKremnica
 SriLanka_r10_obverse SriLanka_r10_reverse
KM #2??

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 10 on top. The value රුපියල් දහයයි in Sinhala, பத்து ரூபாய் in Thamil and TEN RUPEES in English. in three line below. All within a border of traditional lotus petals around the periphery.

The estimated mean and rms thickness of the coins is 1.65 ± 0.03 or 8% less than specified by CBSL to Mint.

Year Issue
2017 375,000,000

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.