FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - ASIA: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka pick 83a: 2 Rupees from 1979
26.3.1979. Red on multicolor underprint. Fish at right. Back: Butterfly and lizard. Watermark: Chinze. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z/1.
Sri Lanka pick 84a: 5 Rupees from 1979
26.3.1979. Gray on multicolor underprint. Butterfly and lizard at right. Back: Flying squirrel and White-faced Starling. Watermark: Chinze. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z/1.
Sri Lanka pick 85a: 10 Rupees from 1979
26.3.1979. Green, brown and black on multicolor underprint. Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill in tree at center. Back: Flowers and Yelloweared Bulbul. Watermark: Chinze. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z/1.
Sri Lanka pick 86a: 20 Rupees from 1979
26.3.1979. Brown and green on multicolor underprint. Ceylon Wood Pigeon at center, monkey at right. Back: Bird, tree and animals. Watermark: Chinze. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z/1.
Sri Lanka pick 87a: 50 Rupees from 1979
26.3.1979. Blue and brown on multicolor underprint. Butterfly at center, Red-faced Malcoha at right. Back: Lizard and Ceylon Spurfowl. Watermark: Chinze. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z/1.
Sri Lanka pick 90a: 1000 Rupees from 1981
1.1.1981. Green on multicolor underprint. Dam at right. Back: Peacock and mountains. Watermark: Chinze.
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Sri Lanka pick 101c: 1000 Rupees from 1990
5.4.1990. Deep green and purple on multicolor underprint. Victoria Dam at right. Back: Peacock and University of Ruhuna on vertical format. Printer: BWC.
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Sri Lanka pick 108b: 10 Rupees from 1995
12.12.2001. Deep brown and green on multicolor underprint. Sinhalese Chinze at right. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Painted stork at top left, Presidential Secretariat building in Colombo, flowers in lower foreground Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 109c: 20 Rupees from 2004
1.7.2004. Purple and red on multicolor underprint. Native bird mask at right. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Two youths fishing, sea shells on vertical format. Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 110c: 50 Rupees from 2004
10.4.2004. Brown-violet, deep blue and blue-green on multicolor underprint. Male dancer with local headdress at right.Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Butterflies above temple ruins, with shield and ornamental sword hilt in lower foreground on vertica Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 111a: 100 Rupees from 1995
15.11.1995. Dark brown and orange on multicolor underprint. Decorative urn at right. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Tea leaf pickers, two Rose-ringed Parakeets at bottom on vertical format. Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 114b: 200 Rupees from 1998
4.2.1998. Greenish black on blue, orange and multicolor underprint. Temple at upper center right above a collage of modern scenes across lower left to right. Back: Palace at upper left center above collage of medieval scenes of British landing across lower left to Polymer plastic. Black serial number.
Sri Lanka pick 119d: 500 Rupees from 2005
19.11.2005. Dark brown, purple and brown-orange on multicolor underprint. Musicians at right, dancer at left center. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Stork-billed Kingfisher above temple and orchids on vertical format. Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 120d: 1000 Rupees from 2006
7.3.2006. Brown, dark green and purple on multicolor underprint. Chinze at lower left, two-headed bird at bottomcenter,elephant with traineer at right. Enhanced latent image security feature at lower center. Back: Peacocks on palace lawn; lotus flowers above and Octagon Temple of the Tooth in Kandy on vertical format. Watermark: Chinze. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 121b: 2000 Rupees from 2006
7.3.2006. Green on orange and yellow on multicolor underprint. Sirigiya mountain top, elephants and forest. Serial number prefix P. Back: Maiden of Sirigiya Frescoe. Vertical format. Watermark: lion with sword. Printer: TDLR.
Sri Lanka pick 123a: 20 Rupees from 2010
1.1.2010. Maroon and multicolored. Port of Colombo at center, owl at right. Back: Ves Netuma dancer and Geta Bera drummer. Vertical format. Watermark: owl and 20. Printer: DLR. Issued note.
Sri Lanka pick 124a: 50 Rupees from 2010
1.1.2010. Blue and multicolored. Manampitiya bridges at center, dull blue flycatcher at right. Back: Yakbera drummer and Vadiga Patuna dancer. Vertical format. Watermark: flycatcher bird and 50. Printer: DLR. Issued note.
Sri Lanka pick 125a: 100 Rupees from 2010
1.1.2010. Orange and yellow. Norochocholai Power plant at center, orange billed babbler at right. Back: Bharatanatyam dancer and Mridirangam drummer. Vertical format. Watermark: Babbler and 100. Printer: DLR. Issued banknote.
Sri Lanka pick 126a: 500 Rupees from 2010
1.1.2010. Purple and green. World Trade Center, Bank of Ceylon building at center, parakeet at right. Back: Thelma dancer and Yak Bera drummer. Vertical format. Watermark: parakeet and 500. Issued banknote.
Sri Lanka pick 127a: 1000 Rupees from 2010
1.1.2010. Green and multicolored. Ramboda tunnel at center, parrot at right. Back: Malpadaya dancer and Dawul Bera drummer. Vertical format. Watermark: parrot and 1000. Issued banknote.
Sri Lanka pick 128c: 5000 Rupees from 2015
4.2.2015. Tan and golden multicolor. Weheragala dam at center, yellow eastern bulbyl at right. Back: Nagaraksha dancer and Guruluraksha dancer. Vertical format. Watermark: Bulbul bird and 5000.