Number of banknotes: 1
Condition: Uncirculated
Denomination: 50 Rupees
Value: 50 Rupees 50LKR = USD 0.16
Currency: Rupee
Currency rate: 50 Rupees 50LKR = USD 0.16
Type: Standard circulation banknotes
Condition: Uncirculated
Year: 2010 - 2022
Numismatic period: Democratic Socialist Republic 1978-date
Series: Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers
Composition: Paper
Weight: 1 g.
Shape: Rectangular
Issuing bank: Central Bank of Sri Lanka (Srí Lanká Maha Bänkuva)
Size: 133 × 67mm
Catalog numbers: P:124
Watermark: Dull-blue flycatcher (Eumyias sordidus) and electrotype “50”The note also has cornerstone watermarks, see the comments section
Obverse: The newly constructed bridge in Manampitiya appears on the center of the note. The formerly used bridge, over which both trains and other vehicles ran, appears to the left of the new bridge. Above both, is the faint visualization of a historical railway arch bridge. The bird on the right side of the note is the Sri Lankan Dull Blue Flycatcher (Eumyias sordida). The butterfly on the left is the Blue Oakleaf (Kallima philarchus).
Obverse lettering: CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKAFIFTY RUPEES
Reverse: When the back of the note is viewed vertically, a Vadiga Patuna Dancer (who belongs to the low country dancing tradition) is dancing to the tune of the Yakbera drummer, playing his Yakbera drum to the left of the dancer. The guard-stone of the Punkalasa, or the “pot of plenty”, which is a symbol of prosperity, is on the top right of the note. A Liya Vela, or “the stylized floral motif” appears on the back.
Reverse lettering: CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKAFIFTY RUPEES
ℹ Themes: Dance, Bird, Bridge, Train
🖊️ Signatures: Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR₁)Finance Minister
Ajith Nivard Cabraal (ANC₁)Governor of the Central Bank
Ravindra Sandresh Karunanayake (RSK)Finance Minister
Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran (LAM)Governor of the Central Bank
Indrajit Coomaraswamy (IC)Governor
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera (MPS)Finance Minister
Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR₂)Finance Minister
Weligamage Don Lakshman (WDL)Governor of the Central Bank