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20 Rupees Central Bank of Ceylon
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1972-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Sri Lanka wood pigeon (Columba torringtoni) perched atop a Batapath-damba tree (Syzygium rotundifolium), with a purple-faced langur (Pithecus vetulus monticola) positioned at upper right. Bilingual and trilingual inscriptions in Sinhala, Tamil, and English frame the vignette, with the denomination stated in all three scripts. The note carries two manuscript signatures — those of the Finance Minister and the Governor of the Central Bank — along with the date 1979-03-26. |
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| Signature(s) | Ronnie de Mel and Warnasena Rasaputram |
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Ceylon had formally become the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in 1978, yet the Central Bank continued issuing notes under the "Ceylon" name into 1979 — P#86 belongs to that awkward transitional window before the institution itself was renamed. The Ronnie de Mel signature is particularly useful for dating: he served as Minister of Finance from 1977, and his appearance on notes effectively bookends the late Ceylon series before Sri Lanka branding took over completely.
De La Rue's watermark security on this issue is modest by the firm's own standards for the period — single-tone, no multipoint registration marks.