50 Cents Non-magnetic

Features

Issuer	Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date)
Period	Republic (1972-1978) Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1972-1994
Value	50 Cents 0.50 LKR = USD 0.0015
Currency	Rupee (1972-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (non-magnetic)
Weight	5.50 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Thickness	2.1 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 1598
References	KM# 135.1, 135.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Emblem of Sri Lanka.

Reverse

Value above designs within wreath

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
ශ්‍රී ලංකා
50
සත පනහ
ஐம்பது சதம்
FIFTY CENTS
1991

Translation: Sri Lanka. Fifty Cents.

Edge

Reeded edge or reeded security edge

Mint

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

Comments

Varieties:

Security edge (KM# 135.1)

Reeded edge (KM# 135.2)

Present in sets

1978 Sri Lanka Proof Coinage

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1972	11 000 000		$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.39	$ 0.45	$ 0.58	KM# 135.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Security edge	20%
1975	34 000 000	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.58	KM# 135.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Security edge	40%
1978	66 010 000		$ 0.29	$ 0.35	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.55	KM# 135.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Security edge	39%
1978	20 000							KM# 135.1 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Security edge; proof	2%
1982	65 000 000	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.58	$ 0.69	$ 0.69	KM# 135.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Reeded edge	35%
1991	40 000 000		$ 0.13	$ 0.35	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 1.20	KM# 135.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Reeded edge	17%
1994	40 000 000		$ 0.41	$ 0.42	$ 0.64			KM# 135.2 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).	Reeded edge	12%

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