| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Five Rupee |
| Alloy | Brass plated Steel |
| Diameter | 23.5 mm |
| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
| Weight | 7.7 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled + incuse CBSL |
| DieAxis | 0° |
| Mint | Royal,Llantrisant |
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Obverse : The Armorial Ensign of Sri Lanka within circle of dashes along periphery with raised rim.
Reverse : The large numeral denomination 5 with big
රුපියල් පහයි in Sinhala,
and smaller
ஐந்து ரூபாய் in Thamil
and FIVE 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.
Edge : The coin is 2.7 MM thick and has incused lettering on edge in
ශ්රී . ලං . ම . බැ . in Sinhala,
இ . ம . வ . in Thamil
and C . B . S . L ..
Looking through the edge of a small hoard of Mint 2006 coins from a single Mint bag, I found that the edge lettering poorly struck. The dots between some or all of the letters were not visible. Does not justify being called different die varieties.
| Year | Issue |
| 2005 | 30,000,000 |
| 2006 | 67,140,000 |
| 2008 | 20,000,000 |
| 2009 | 70,000,000 |
| 2011 | 60,000,000 |
| 2013 | 98,000,000 |
In 2005, Rs5000/- worth was packed in large polythene bags with a
Light brown paper label encased on top with SRI LANKA - 5 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 - 5 RUPEE - 1000 Pieces in 3 lines.
In 2016 the 2013 dated coins were put in smaller packs of 50 coins
each and 20 were included in the larger pack for simpler distribution.
Printed in Black on the small polythene pack was
SRI LANKA - 5 RUPEE - 50 PIECES in 3 lines.
It is 13% thinner and 19% lighter then both the older brass 5 rupee
coin at 3.1 mm and 9.5 grams.
See Article for more
details on this issue of lighter and smaller coins in 2005.
The coin was scaned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 300 dpi.