₨10 — Ten Rupees
The artwork
Front: A carved stone lion sits four-square on its plinth at the right, mane rendered in ringed rows, jaws open — the old Sinhalese royal emblem in sculpture rather than heraldry. To the left, "Central Bank of Sri Lanka" with its Sinhala and Tamil equivalents above, then the value in Sinhala script over a lotus-medallion rosette, two signatures with their Sinhala titles, and the date 2004-04-10. Green and rose guilloche, serial M/383 403754.
Back: Read sideways, as Sri Lankan notes of this era are. A framed panel at the left holds a spray of broad yellow blossoms with dark leaves and buds, flanked by TEN RUPEES in English and Tamil and the numeral 10. Behind it, in orange-brown line work, a long terraced building of many louvred windows and steps. "Central Bank of Sri Lanka" in three scripts, and a leafy bird vignette at the right.,, printed for circulation with the 1991 design.was, in Sinhala, Tamil and English..was.
In circulation
The design dates from 1991 and was printed with successive dates into the mid-2000s, this one April 2004. When the Central Bank brought in its new series from 2010, the smallest note was 20 rupees: the ten-rupee note was left to wear out and its place taken by the ten-rupee coin.
Details
- IssuerCentral Bank of Sri Lanka
- CurrencyRupee (₨)
- DenominationTen Rupees
- Collectedon the Sri Lanka journey, 2005
- Series1991 design series; dated 2004-04-10
- SignatureTwo: Minister of Finance and Governor of the Central Bank, titled in Sinhala
- SecurityFraction-style serial prefix M/383, repeated at upper left and lower right