Product Description
Sri Lanka - 200 Rupees - date: 1998 - P114b - 50th Anniversary of Independence - 1948-1998 - Grade: Unc. - Description: colour:
| Blue and yellow. Front: English, Sinhala, and Tamil text; temple; scenes of “progress:”doctor and nurse representing free education and health services; woman with scythe(Gal Oya development); electrical power tower; Bandaranaike Memorial InternationalConference Hall; Victoria Dam (Mahaweli development project); jumbo jet and controltower at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA); telecommunications satellitedishes; young women (Investment Promotion Zone); new parliament complex in SriJayewardenepura-Kotte; Colombo port and city; two couples with dove; churches andtemples (unity and peace). Back: English, Sinhala, and Tamil text; octagon building(paththirippuwa) at Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy; scenes of “nationalheritage;” advent of Prince Vijaya; arrival of Arahant Mahinda and introduction ofBuddhism; King Durugemunu builds Maha Seya; King Kasyapa build palace at Sigiriyarock; King Parakramabahu the Great constructs Sea of Parakrama; invasion byPortuguese and Dutch; conquest by British; Wariyapola Sri Sumangala Thero haulingdown British flag at Kandyan convention. No security thread. Watermark: Lion holdingwhip within 200. Printer: (Note Printing Australia). Size: 146 x 72 mm. material: Polymer. |
