Sri Lanka - 25 Districts
2013 - Colombo - Ten Rupee

As one of a new series of Ten Rupee coins representing the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka, the coin for Colombo was issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on 2014 November 17. The obverse design depicts City Skyline as Economic and Cultural characteristic of Colombo District.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTen Rupee
AlloyStainless Steel
AISI 430
Diameter26.4 mm
Thickness2.1 mm
Weight8.36 gms
Shape11 sided
EdgePlain
DieAxis
Issue2,000,000
MintSlovak Mint
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KM #

Obverse : Within plain circle, artists impression of a montage of Colombo city skyline and the Colombo Port, with a feeder container ship in front. From left to right clearly identifiable, the Colombo Port Chaitya, Central Bank Building, The Bank of Ceylon Head office, with Galadari Hotel, Old Parliament in front of it. The Twin towers of the World Trade Center(WTC) with the Presidential Secretariat in front, and Nelum Pokuna Theatre. කොළඹ in Sinhala on top, கொழும்பு in Thamil on left, and Colombo on right, with 2013 below along the periphery of the coin.
Reverse : The large numeral denomination 10 with රුපියල් දහයයි in Sinhala, and பத்து ரூபாய் in Thamil and TEN RUPEES below and year of issue at the bottom flanked by ears of paddy on either side.. The country name ශ්‍රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top, இலங்கை in Thamil on left and SRI LANKA on Right. All within circle of a geometric design along periphery with partly raised rim.

The Commemorative card issued has line drawing and a brief description including economic activities in district.

The design probably started as the Colombo Fort Skyline, as seen from Galle Face Green looking North as shown in photograph above. Although being used to reflect the changing skyline of Colonbo, the skyline view on this photograph has not changed since the WTC opened in 1996.

In the drawing on the coin, the Chaitya has replaced the Intercontinental (now Kingsbury) Hotel, and Nelum Pokuna has replaced Hilton Hotel. Therefore it is clearly NOT a real skyline looking North as seen from Galle Face Green.

A more realistic view in the skyline looking South-East from the Colombo Port is shown in the Rs 500 currency note.

The Coin obtained from CBSL was scanned at 600 dpi is displayed at 300 dpi.

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