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Obverse : To the right an artist's impression of a bowler.
A legend 2007 CRICKET WORLD CUP March 13-April 28
in English appears just above. The Win
අනු ශුරයෝ
in Sinhala
இரண்டாம்
இடம்
in Thamil
and Runners-up in 3 lines appears to the left. The names of the 16
countries that participated in the 2007 Cricket World Cup
Tournament WEST INDIES ENGLAND BANGLADESH IRELAND NEW ZEALAND
AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA CANADA, SCOTLAND, BERMUDA,
NETHERLANDS, KENYA, ZIMBABWE, INDIA, PAKISTAN appear around the
periphery, with SRI LANKA in larger font on top only in English,
within a raised rim.
Reverse : The heraldic lion in the National Flag in upper center facing left with sword.
The large numeral denomination 5 in lower right with
රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala,
ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil
and FIVE RUPEES to left. All within plain circle.
The country name
ශ්රී ලංකා in Sinhala, centered on top,
இலங்கை in Thamil
on right and SRI LANKA on left, with year of issue 2007
at the bottom along periphery in annulus with raised rim.
Edge : The coin is 2.7 MM thick and has incused lettering on milled edge in
ශ්රී . ලං . ම . බැ . in Sinhala,
இ . ம . வ . in Thamil
and C . B . S . L ..
A colorful six page coin pack in slip case with two uncirculated Rs 5/- coins enclosed, was also issued and sold for Rs250 (US$2.33) Mouse over images to view.
 Front Slip cover and Front page |  Pages 2 and 3 |  Pages 4 and 5 |  Back Slip cover and Back page |
Minted at Royal Mint Llantrsant, United Kingdom.
The artwork was done by Central Bank artist M. H. Hasitha Chanka.
I was once told that it was Sri Lanka's most famous bowler Mr Muttiah
Muralitharan.
However when informed by a Cricket expert, that it
was a fast bowler, probably Chaminda Vas I was able to find a closely
matching photograph taken in 2007 December and shown on upper left.
The commemorative coin was obtained from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka stall at the International Cricket Ground, Dambulla, where they were first sold to public.
Read my Article Sri Lanka 2007 Cricket World Cup Runners-Up Commemorative Coins which was submitted to the SundayTimes of Sri Lanka on 2008 August 20th but didn't get published because of lack of space.
The coin scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at
254 dpi.