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A listing of postage stamps of Sri Lanka depicting coins.

1995 October 15

Sri Lanka

World Thrift Day.
2-rupee stamp depicts ten coins deposited into a globe.

Catalog numbers: Michel 1093; Scott 1143; Stanley Gibbons 1309

Approximate value: US$1.00.

2001 June 18

Sri Lanka


3.50-rupee stamp depicts 9th century Kahavanu gold coin;
13.50-rupee stamp depicts 1055-1111 Vijayabahu I silver coin;
17-rupee stamp depicts 13th-14th century Sethu copper coin;
20-rupee stamp depicts 1957 Buddha Jayanthi 5-rupee commemorative silver coin.

Catalog numbers: Michel 1295-98; Scott 1338-41; Stanley Gibbons 1533-36

Approximate value: US$2.85.

2006 May 5

Sri Lanka

A 10-rupee postage stamp depicts a local coin.

Catalog numbers: Scott 1543ah

Approximate value: US$0.20.

2008 April 30

Sri Lanka

30-r stamp depicts Gajalakshmi coin of 1st century BCE to 4th century CE, and a punch mark coin of 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE.

Catalog numbers: Scott 1652

Approximate value: US$0.50.

2008 September 16

Sri Lanka

5-r stamp depicts gold ingot, coin, and mold, 8-10th centuries.

Catalog numbers: Scott 1665

Approximate value: US$0.20.

2009 June 23

Sri Lanka

5-r postage stamp depicts obverse and reverse of coin of Queen Leelawathi.

Approximate value: US$0.50.

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