10 Rupees Kandy

Features

Issuer	Sri Lanka › Sri Lanka (1972-date)
Ruling authority	Democratic Socialist Republic (1978-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2013
Value	10 Rupees 10 LKR = USD 0.033
Currency	Rupee (1972-date)
Composition	Stainless steel (AISI 430)
Weight	8.36 g
Diameter	26.4 mm
Thickness	2.1 mm
Shape	Hendecagonal (11-sided)
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 68653
References	KM# 201 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Kandy

Series: Districts Series

Obverse

Sacred temple of tooth relic within circle, date below

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
கண்டி මහනුවර Kandy
2013

Translation:
Kandy
in Sinhala on top,
in Tamil on left,
in Latin on right

Reverse

Large numerical denomination in the center and literal in several scripts below. Year of issue at the bottom flanked by ears of paddy on either side.
The country name in several scripts on top.
All within circle of a geometric design along periphery with partly raised rim.

Scripts: Latin, Sinhala, Tamil

Lettering:
இலங்கை ශ්‍රී ලංකා SRI LANKA
10
රුපියල් දහයයි
பத்து ரூபாய்
TEN RUPEES
2013

Translation:
Sri Lanka
in Sinhala on top, in Tamil on left, in Latin on right.
Ten rupees
in Sinhala, Tamil and Latin.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)

Comments

The obverse design depicts Sri Dalada Maligawa, the temple of the tooth as Buddhist cultural heritage site of Kandy district.
It is located in the palace complex of the Kingdom of Kandy and houses a relic of Buddha's tooth. After Gautama Buddha's parinirvana and cremation in Kushinagar, the tooth found in his ashes was considered a relic.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
2013			2 000 000					$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.40

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