10 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon
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Features
| Issuer |
Sri Lanka ›
Sri Lanka (1972-date)
 |
|---|---|
| Bank emisyjny | Banque centrale de Ceylan |
| Period |
Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1979 |
| Value | 10 Rupees 10 LKR = USD 0.030 |
| Currency | Rupee (1972-date) |
| Composition | Papier |
| Size | 128 × 65 mm |
| Shape | Prostokątny |
| Number | N# 210440 |
| References | P# 85 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
(en) Green with french-grey, sepia and yellow highlights.
Denomination and bank name in Sinhala, Tamil, and English.
Sri Lankan grey hornbill (Tockus griseus gingalensis), atop a velvet tamarind tree (Dialium oviodeum).
Scripts: syngaleski, tamilski
Lettering:
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்து ரூபாய்
TEN RUPEES
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
මුදල් ඈමති
මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
1979 – 03 – 26
Reverse
(en) Green brown, pink and orange-yellow.
A rare wild daffodil orchid (Ipsea speciosa), and a common hour-glass tree-frog (Rhacophorus cruciger eques) climbing a small evergreen tree (Rhododendron arboreum) with large red flowers, with a yellow eared bulbul (Pycnonotus penicillatus) perched atop.
Lettering:
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி
CENTRAL BANK OF CEYLON.
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்து ரூபாய்
Ten Rupees
Watermark
Lew stojący na tylnych łapach zwróconych w lewo z wygiętym biczem w prawej łapie.
Comments
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1979 | (en) P#85s. Specimen | 0.5% | |||||||||||||
| 1979-Mar-26 | 30 000 000 | $ 5.40 | $ 11 | $ 16 | $ 22 | $ 30 | (en) P#85a | 94% | |||||||
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Version | Grade | Sold price | |
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Katz Auction 183 Lot 54 
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4 Feb 2026 | Undetermined | UNC |
USD 24.29
(EUR 21.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 145 Lot 678
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29 Nov 2024 | Undetermined | UNC | Unsold | |
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Katz Auction 71 Lot 3472
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30 Nov 2022 | Undetermined | UNC |
USD 31.23
(EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 91 Lot 1656
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8 Aug 2023 | Undetermined | AU |
USD 31.23
(EUR 27.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 68 Lot 572
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8 Oct 2022 | Undetermined | VF |
USD 9.25
(EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items. |
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Katz Auction 197 Lot 157
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6 Jun 2026 | Undetermined |
USD 57.83
(EUR 50.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 189 Lot 205
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3 Apr 2026 | Undetermined |
USD 65.92
(EUR 57.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 185 Lot 127
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24 Feb 2026 | Undetermined |
USD 55.51
(EUR 48.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 172 Lot 272
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24 Oct 2025 | Undetermined |
USD 61.30
(EUR 53.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Katz Auction 172 Lot 271
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24 Oct 2025 | Undetermined |
USD 39.32
(EUR 34.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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