Sri Lanka P 86 / 20 Rupees 1979 – UNC

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Sri Lanka P 86 / 20 Rupees 1979 – UNC

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Issued by Central Bank of Ceylon
Issue 26.03.1979 “Animals” Issue
Size 137 x 70 mm
Watermark Chinze
Obverse A wood pigeon (Columba torringtoni) atop a ‘Batapath-damba’ tree (Syzygium rotundifolium), with a purple-faced langur (Pithecus vetulus monticola) at top right.
Reverse Ceylon blue magpie (Kitta ornata) flying over a rare native tree fern (Cyathea sinuata), with rhino-horned lizard (Ceratophora stoddarti) and ‘dalawa medilla’ snake (Aspidura trachyprocta) beside