CEYLON OR SRI LANKA

These two notes are both using two different formats of printing orientation - landscape on the front and portrait on the reverse. They are both from Sri Lanka (ceylon) . The top note is the 10 rupee note issued by the central bank of ceylon ( even tho the bank was called the central bank of Sri Lanka from 1950). it has the Malibar Grey Hornbill sitting on a Pebble Tamarind tree. The reverse has 4 native species  to sri lanka - yellow eared bulbul, gunthers whipping frog , rhododendron and a form of crocus.

The second note is the 1995 50 rupee from the central bank of Sri Lanka. The front has a male dancer in traditional costume and the reverse had a shield and sword .

more notes here, here, here, and  here

DONATED NOTES

All the notes in this post were given to me by one of my colleagues who I met while counting the postal ballots at the "brexit" referendum. Mary does a lot of travelling and had a few notes hanging about which she passed on to me. Thank you . Good luck on your travels.

The first two notes are from the African Continent .The first one is the 1000 shillings from Uganda and dated as 2015.The reverse of the note, as well as some antelope it also has the outline of the country's borders with a line where the equator travels across the country. The second, slightly older note is from 2013 and comes from Ghana. The 5 Cedis note has the big six and independence arch on the front and on the reverse is the university of Ghana and the Balme library

see more Ugandan notes HERE and Ghana notes HERE, HERE and HERE

These next two notes, from the Asian continent, are from Malaysia and Sri Lanka respectively.
The first is the 1 Ringgit and although it has no date on it it has to be after 2012 and has T A Rahman on the front with a Malaysian moon kite on the reverse.
the second note is a 10 rupee from Sri Lanka with the lion on the front and the stork and government secritariat building as well as flowers at the bottom.

see more notes from Malaysia HERE and more  from Sri Lanka HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

This next note is from the UAE and is the 10 Diram note from 2007 sporting the Khanjar , the ceremonial dagger of the region. on the front  and a farm with a bird of prey on the lower left.

More UAE notes HERE

The final note is the Polish 20 Zlotych note from 1994 with Boleslaw I , the first king of Poland with one of his silver Denar coins on the reverse.

More Polish Notes HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

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

SRI LANKA COMMEMORATIVE NOTE

Above is the commemorative banknote from Sri Lanka. It commemorates 50 years of independence from Britain - 1948-1998. Formerly called Ceylon under the British colonisation . This note is the 200 Rupee note from 1998. It has a temple on the front with a fresco along the bottom. On the reverse is the royal palace in Kandy.

see more from Sri Lanka HERE and HERE

NOTES THAT I MISSED

These notes I received last April but for some reason I had not added them to the blog and it wasn't until I went to check if I had them while shopping online that I realised I couldn't find them.

So here we are 3 notes from Sri lanka ( formerly Ceylon ). all 3 are dated from 2010 but listed on the Central bank of Sri lanka wikipedia page as 2011.

The top note is the 20 Rupee note with the Serendib scops owl on the front, Next is the 50 rupee note with the Dull-blue flycatcher on the front and finally, the 100 rupee note with the Orange-billed Babbler on the front. All 3 have musicians and dancers in traditional dress on the reverse.

More from Sri Lanka HERE

SRI LANKA

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country of the south coast of India. The capital city is Colombo. Up until 1972 the Island was called Ceylon. After various European countries occupying parts of Sri Lanka, in 1815, the British made Sri Lanka part of the British empire. They called the island Ceylon. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948. between 1956 and 1972 differences between the Sinhalese and Tamil  ethnic tribes caused tensions. Then in 1972 the country became a republic called Sri Lanka. In 1983 the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) more commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, started an insurgency war against the government that lasted until the ceasefire accord in 2002

Monetary Unit:

1 Rupee = 100 cents

the note above is a 2 Rupee note from 1972 - it still has central bank of Ceylon on the top right - it has a picture of King Parakrama on the front and a ruin on the reverse.

The notes above are 50 rupee note, with a man in traditional headgear on the front and temple ruins on the back, then the 20 Rupee note, with a bird mask on the front and boys fishing on the reverse. Finally we have the 10 Rupee note, with the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, on the front and a Buddhist  shrine on the reverse.