ONE MORE IN THE SRI LANKAN SERIES

The note above is the 500 rupee note from Sri Lanka and makes up the part of the new series - only the 1000 and 2000 rupee notes to get !! I will let the central bank of Sri Lanka describe the note -

 Front of the Note
The front of the note depicts an artist’s impression of the World Trade Center and Bank of Ceylon headquarters in the city of Colombo and the ancient Buddhist temple ‘Lankathilaka Viharaya’ at Kandy in the background. The bird Sri Lanka Emerald Collared Parakeet (Layard’s Parakeet - Psittacula calthropae) is depicted on the right of the note and on the lower left side appears the butterfly, The Ceylon Indigo Royal (Tajuria arida).

Back of the Note
On the back of the note, when held vertically, a Thelme Netuma dancer and a Yak Bera drummer are depicted. On the top right of the note appears a Padmanidhi guard stone and a Dvithva liya vela (a stylised floral design) along the right side of the note.

Layards parakeet