Sri Lanka 2011 1000 rupees KM-185
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This specimen was lot 3930 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "SRI LANKA: Democratic Socialist Republic, AR 1000 rupees, 2011, Sambuddhatva Jayanti 2600, mintage of only 2,000 pieces, Choice Proof, S." This NCLT was struck at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant. Wikipedia comments, "Sambuddhatva jayanthi, also known as Sambuddha jayanthi, is a religious festival in relation with the Vesak. In the Buddhist world it is celebrated in several Theravada countries including Sri Lanka, India and in Buddhist communities of other countries."
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-185.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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