Sri Lanka 2014 500 rupees
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This specimen was lot 3932 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 500 rupees, 2014, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, mintage of only 1,500 pieces, Choice Proof, S." Wikipedia comments, "Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika, [ɐˈnɐɡaːɽɪkɐ]; Sinhala: Anagārika, lit., Sinhala: අනගාරික ධර්මපාල; 1864-1933) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and a writer."
Recorded mintage: 1,500 proofs.
Specification: 28.28 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 223, N-195297.
- 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.
Link to:
- Sri Lanka 2012 1000 rupees, 60 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Sri Lanka and Japan
- 2015 500 rupees, papal visit
- Sri Lanka 2015 500 rupees, Colombo Municipal Council 150th Anniversary
- Coins and currency dated 2014