2005 - 2006 : 2000 Rupee note
Sri Lanka Heritage
In 2006 October 17, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
(CBSL) issued
for circulation, new higher denomination 2000 Rupee Currency Notes dated
2005-11-02 assocated with a series of notes that
started in 1991 on theme Sri Lanka Heritage.
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Click on image to see Note Security under Ultra-Violet illumination
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Predominant
Color |
:Front - Pink with Orange, Green, Dark Brown and Black
:Back - Pink with Orange, Dark Brown and Black
| | Size | : 164 x 82 mm
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Front: Landscape
Sigiriya Rock right of center with a large sesatha in background and much
smaller sesatha in foreground. Smaller caparisoned elephant with casket, left
of center with tiny Perahara moving left at bottom-left. 8 petal
Floral shape above.
Numeric 2000 upper left and lower right corners.
At lower left the value
රුපියල් දෙදාහයි in Sinhala.
இரண்டாயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil
and TWO THOUSAND RUPEES in English, two lines with increasing font size
at bottom right corner.
In Top center in Sinhala,
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil and Central Bank of Sri Lanka in English
in next two lines with decreasing font size.
Next in even smaller font thr Legality Legend in 3 lines
ශ්රී ලංකාණ්ඩුව වෙනුවෙන් නිකුත් කරන ලද මේ
මුදල් නෝට්ටුව ශ්රී ලංකාව ඇතුළත ඕනෑම මුදල් ගණනක්
ගෙවිම සඳහා නිතියෙන් වලංගුය
Two Facsimile signatures above මුදල් ඈමති, and
next මහ බැංකුවේ අධිපති.
Below Date 20YY-MM-DD
Serial number Horizontal on lower left in red and Vertical on upper right in black
both with increasing size of digits.
Braille: 15 Tactile Bars on center right and left edges of note
Back: Portrait
Sigiriya Fresco of maiden facing left with flower within decorative
frame. On upper panel Divided decorate with eight petal flower shape
in center between panels.
Numeric 2000 horizontal at top left and vertical at Bottom right.
රුපියල් දෙදාහයි in Sinhala,
இரண்டாயிரம் ரூபாய் in Thamil
and TWO THOUSAND RUPEES in English.
in 3 lines of decreasing font size on bottom center.
ශ්රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව
in Sinhala,
இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி in Thamil
and CENTRAL BANK OF SRI LANKA in English,
in 3 lines of decreasing font size, centered on top within frame
At bottom centered just below horizontal decorate in small script
DE LA RUE.
Watermark: Lion from national Flag standing facing left outlined darker
than paper with in right paw, a sword lighter than paper. CornerStones.
Security A 4mm Starchrome Thread with SRI LANKA RS 2000 and Mirror of same
interspaced with butterfly Motif along security strip.
Micro-printing background pattern.
UV Printing: Front: Serial Number on left in red, on right not visible.
A rectangular highlight large numeric 2000 upper left of center,
and floral motifs 8 each on top and bottom edge in Green. Beautiful detailed
highlight of the background sesatha in red, yellow and blue.
Back: Small yellow Highlight design along top of frame, and horizontal band of
square blue tiles with lotus in lower bottom.
Latent image: In center of decorate at front top right corner,
the Numeric value 2000 written with vertical lines on a
background of horizontal lines, as seen on this 1200 dpi scan on
right.Seen above the line of Micro text 0.2 mm high with repeated
CENTRALBANKOFSRILANKA
Replacement Notes See details with images for series in
*-Notes
| Deno. | Date on
BankNote | Finance Minister | CBSL Governor | First Serial # | Mintage
in K | Repla.
Prefix
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| Rs.2000 | 2005-11-02 | Sarath Amunugama | Sunil Mendis | P/1 000001 | 30,000 | Z/7
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| Rs.2000 | 2006-07-03 | Mahinda Rajapaksa | Ajith Nivard Cabraal | P/31 000001 | 45,000 | Z/7
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Security Features of Rs2000
leaflet
Read my article
New note in your wallet! in 2006 October 22nd, Sunday Times Plus Section.
See Also LBO: 2000 Rupee Note
For collected details of the images on this Banknote see
NotesCollector.
The note was scanned at 300 dpi and displayed at 50 dpi.