2005 - 2011
SRI LANKA - Two Rupee

A definitive decimal currency Two Rupee Nickel plated Steel coin with a milled edge, first announced on 2005 December 14th and first issued on December 22nd. It was to circulate along side the older coin which remained legal tender.

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationTwo Rupee
AlloyNickel plated Steel
Diameter28.5 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Weight7.0 gms
ShapeRound
EdgeMilled
DieAxis
MintRoyal,Llantrisant
SriLanka_r02_obverse SriLanka_r02_reverse
KM #147a

Obverse : The Armorial Ensign of Sri Lanka within circle of dashes along periphery with raised rim.
Reverse : The large numeral denomination 2 with big රුපියල් දෙකයි in Sinhala, and smaller இரண்டு ரூபாய் in Thamil and TWO RUPEES superimposed and year of issue at the bottom. The country name ශ්‍රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top, இலங்கை in Thamil on left and SRI LANKA on Right. All within circle of dashes along periphery with raised rim.

Year Issue
2005 50,000,000
2006 80,000,000
2008 18,000,000
2009 57,000,000
2011 43,000,000

In 2005, Rs2000/- worth was packed in large polythene bags with a Light Green paper label encased on top with SRI LANKA - 2 RUPEE - 1000 Pieces - ### in 4 lines. A small white paper sticker gave total weight, Date and time of production with operator and consec number ###. In 2009 Printed in Black on the polythene pack was SRI LANKA - 2 RUPEE - 1000 Pieces in 3 lines.

It is same diameter but 15% thinner and 15% lighter in weight then the current 2 rupee coin.
See Article for more details on this issue of lighter and smaller coins in 2005.

The incidence of error coins seem to be high in this new series.

The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed reverse video at 300 dpi.