CEYLON (Sri Lanka) Paper Money INDEX
     

  Home>PM>CEY

 

  Next Page>Next Country>

                                                                                                             


Chief of State, Head of Government:
President Mahinda RAJAPAKSE
19.11.2005 - present

CEYLON Banknotes, 1785 - 1974 Issues
- PAGE CATALOG NUMBERS DENOMINATIONS DATES

ISSUING AUTHORITY
இலங்கை ஜனநாயக சமத்துவ குடியரசு
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka
505 BCE-1597 Upatissa-Kotte King.doms;1411 CHN; 1469 Kandy; 1598 Goa PRT; 1597 ESP; 1656 NLD; GBR 1795; 1972 Rep.; 1978 SRI
 NLD currency <1892; IND 1802-72; CEY 1872 >
The first banknotes attributable to Ceylon were issued in 1785 by the United East India Company
DUTCH COLONY OF ZEYLAN
12.5.1656 Dutch colony
Ceylon Paper Money, United East India Company Issues S11 P.S11 - P.S46 1 - 500 Rixdollars 1785 - 96 United East India Company
BRITISH CROWN COLONY OF CEYLON
16.2.1796 GBR British E. India Co.; 12.10.1796 GBR Colony; 1.1.1802 GBR Crown Colony.
CEYLON, 1865 S101 P.S101 - P.S109 10/- = 5 Rupees
- £10		 1865 - 66 Asiatic Banking Corp.
Images Needed S111 P.S111 - P.S114 £1 - £20 18xx Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1867-80 S117 P.S117 - P.S129 10/0 - 1,000 Rupees 1867 - 80 Chartered Mercantile Bank
India, London & China
Images Needed S131 P.S131 5/- 18xx Mercantile Bank
India, London & China
CEYLON, 1869-84 S136 P.S136 - P.S161 5 - 100 Rupees 1869 - 84 Oriental Bank Corp.
 General Treasury Issues
CEYLON, 1870'S 3 P.3 - P.5 £1 - £5 18xx General Treasury of Ceylon
Images Needed 7 P.7 - P.8 2 - 5 Rixdollars 1809 - 26 General Treasury of Ceylon
 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1885 - 1926 11 P.11 - P.15 5 - 10 Rupees 1885 - 1926 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1914-39 16 P.16 - P.20 1 - 100 Rupees 1914 - 39 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1925-39 21 P.21 - P.29 2 - 1,000 Rupees 1925 - 39 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941 30 P.30 - P.33 1 - 10 Rupees 1941 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941-49 34 P.34 - P.39 1 - 1,000 Rupees 1941 - 49 Government of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1942-49 40 P.40 - P.45 25 to 50 Cents 1942 - 49 Government of Ceylon
 Rubber & Tea Coupons
CEYLON, 1942 Rubber Coupons N415 N.415 - N.431 1 - 1,000 Pounds Rubber 1941 - 42 Rubber Controller of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1941 Tea Coupons N440 N.440 - N.450 5 - 50 Pounds
Made Tea		 1941 Tea Controller of Ceylon
STATE OF CEYLON
4.2.1948 independence from Great Britain as CEYLON
CEYLON, 1951 47 P.47 - 48 1 - 10 Rupees 1951 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1952 49 P.49 - P.55 1 - 100 Rupees 1952 - 54 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1955-63 56 P.56 - P.61 1 - 100 Rupees 1955 - 63 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1961-65 62 P.62 - P.66 2 - 100 Rupees 1961 - 65 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON,1965-68 67 P.67 - P.71 2 - 100 Rupees 1965 - 68 Central Bank of Ceylon
REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka
22.5.1972 name changed to SRI LANKA
CEYLON, 1969-77 72 P.72 - P.76 2 - 100 Rupees 1969 - 77 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON, 1970 77 P.77 - P.78 50 - 100 Rupees 1970 Central Bank of Ceylon
CEYLON,1972-75 79 P.79 - P.80 50 - 100 Rupees 1972 - 75 Central Bank of Ceylon
Images Needed   All Later Issues     Central Bank of Ceylon



Sri Lanka Photo Diary



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AHB   We gratefully acknowledge A.H.Balwin & Son Auctions for providing images and information used in this section.

PPS  We gratefully acknowledge numismatist Percy Phiroze Siganporia, for providing images and information used in this section.

SN  We gratefully acknowledge Pete from Staples Numismatics, Inc. for providing images used in this section. Please visit his World Banknote website and eBay listings.



LINKS

Central Bank of Sri Lanka

 

 Brief Monetary History

Wikipedia - Barbados

 Sri Lanka  wikipedia

CIA World Factbook - Barbados

 CIA World Factbook - Sri Lanka

 © Garry Saint, Esquire 1999- 2010