2018 - SRI LANKA - 10 Rupee
Sri Lanka Signal Corps 75th Anniversary

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) issued a circulation standard commemorative Rs 10 coin to mark the 75th Anniversary of Sri Lanka Signal Corps and to give due recognition for its service to the country over a period of 75 years. The limited number of coins were sold to public on 2018 November 28th and 29th at CIT exhibition at SMOKE, Colombo.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTen Rupee
AlloyChromium Steel AISI 430
Diameter26.4 mm
Thickness1.8 mm
Weight6.44 GE's
Shape11 sided
EdgePlain
DieAxis0°
Issue5,000,000
MintKremnica
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Obverse : Logo of the 75th Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Signal Corps. Short name of country as SRI LANKA in English, ශ්‍රී ලංකා in Sinhala, and இலங்கை in Thamil, on left, Top and Right of Ensign. Year of issue 2018 at Bottom, all within a plain circle inside a raised rim.

Reverse : The Numeric 10 on top. The value රුපියල් දහයයි in Sinhala, பத்து ரூபாய் in Thamil and TEN RUPEES in English, in three line below with decreasing font size. All within a border of traditional lotus petals around the periphery.

The line drawing posted in CBSL Press release shown above, which probably was sent to Kreminca has been improved, making the logo larger, and the text below smaller.

The Sri Lanka Signal Corps. (SLSC) logo depicts Hermes (Mercury) the God of Communications, Transportation, and Commerce in Greek mythology. This depicts the involvement of the SLSC in winning many wars owing to the amazing fast message transferring. The globe in the background indicates that SLSC is ever-growing in its technology and innovation which means it has to be globally aware. It is complemented by six stars on both sides of the emblem highlighting Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Cyber, and Intelligence. The Dharmachakra at the top emphasizes the SLSC discipline and honor to a cause.

The Sri Lanka Logo is modified from the British Logo adopted in 1884 which has an interesting history.

The first coin was officially presented to Mahinda Rajapaksa by Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of CBSL on 2018 November 27th.
When I spoke with CBSL Museum, I was told this coin may take more time to be issued by CBSL into circulation. To find out more information I went to the SLSC Exhibition at Sirimavo Bandaranaike Memorial Exhibition Center (SBMEC) on November 28th and 29th. To my surprise they were selling the coin in a plain red jewelery box with no identity for Rs100. After I informed availability to Coin Collectors at around 4PM the 300 boxes SLSC had brought to exhibition sold out fast.

The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 254 dpi