5 Rupees non-magnetic

Features

Issuer	Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date)
Period	Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1984-2004
Value	5 Rupees 5 LKR = USD 0.015
Currency	Rupee (1972-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	9.5000 g
Diameter	23.4 mm
Thickness	2.9 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 15760
References	KM# 148 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 88 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

National arms

Reverse

Inscription over and around value

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
இலங்கை ශ්‍රී ලංකා SRI LANKA
5
රුපියල පහයි
ஐந்து ரூபாய்
FIVE RUPEES
1984

Translation:
Sri Lanka
Five Rupees
1984

Edge

Reeded with inscription:
"CBC" for KM# 148.1
"CBSL" for KM# 148.2

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering: ශී.ලං.ම.බැ. இ.ம.வ. C.B.S.L.

Unabridged legend: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව இலங்கை மத்திய வங்கி Central Bank of Sri Linka

Translation: Central Bank of Sri Linka

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Present in sets

1978-2004 Sri Lanka Coin Collection (Set of Coins with Armorial Ensigns)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1984	25 000 000		$ 0.29	$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.53	$ 0.53	$ 0.63	KM# 148.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBC"	34%
1986	60 000 000	$ 0.14	$ 0.24	$ 0.24	$ 0.35	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 1.20	KM# 148.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBSL"	40%
1991	40 000 000		$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.53	$ 0.53	$ 0.58		KM# 148.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBSL"	24%
1994	50 000 000	$ 0.08	$ 0.12	$ 0.26	$ 0.35	$ 0.49	$ 0.74	$ 1.20	KM# 148.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBSL"	26%
2002	32 000 000		$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.93	KM# 148.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBSL"	17%
2004	34 000 000			$ 0.35	$ 0.58	$ 0.83	$ 0.83	$ 0.83	KM# 148.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Edge lettered "CBSL"	16%

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