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Obverse : Portrait of Sri Lanka President H.E. Ranansinghe Premadasa within a circle of beads.
The year of issue 1992 appears at the bottom centre. A traditional Sinhala
design using a circle of swans along periphery with raised rim.
Reverse : Two traditional Sinhala lions with swords face each
other above His Excellency the President's flag depicted at the center.
The Value as
රුපියලයි in Sinhala,
and
ஒரு ரூபாய் in Thamil,
and ONE RUPEE below, with traditional Sinhala Liyavela art near four corners of flag.
The country name
ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top,
இலங்கை in Thamil on left,
and SRI LANKA on right. All within a circle of arches between dots along periphery with raised rim.
The coin was also issued as a Frosted Proof coin in Cupro-Nickel, Silver and Gold.
The Uncirculated coin was scaned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 254 dpi. It was obtained from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
An astrologer told President Premadasa that the name spelled misfortune for the head of state and so he changed the official name of Lanka from "Sri Lanka" to "Shri Lanka" with no constitutional authority and some fabricated justification. The altered spelling appears only on one commemorative coin. The spelling reverted back soon after President Ranasinghe Premadasa was brutally killed by a suicide bomber on 1993 May 1st. SHRI spelling was only used on Lanka Stamps issued between June 1992 and December 1993.
This coin linked to
rebirth
story :-).