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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 Cupro-Nickel Frosted Proof coin. is enclosed in
a hard clear plastic circular coin capsule was released to public with
issue price of Rs 250/- (US$ 6.). A folded certificate of
Authenticity in English, with no serial number, printed by Central Bank Press
in black on White paper, was issued.
In addition to 2,500 of these Proof coins, off-metal Proof strikes were minted in Silver(2,000) and in Sovereign Gold(100) with identical design. The Gold and Silver frosted Proof coins are POMS (Presentation Off-Metal Strike).
The Cupro-Nickel Proof coin was scaned at 300 dpi and the images are displayed at 254 dpi. The commemorative coin was obtained from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
The Frosted surface of the effigy makes the Proof coin distinctly
different from the circulation issue.