Sri Lanka 2015 500 rupees KM-224
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This specimen was lot 1621 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "SRI LANKA: Democratic Socialist Republic, AR 500 rupees, 2015, Papal Visit of Pope Francis to Sri Lanka, mintage of only 1,500 pieces, Choice Proof, S." This NCLT was struck at the Kremnica mint in Slovakia, which also struck the 500 rupees honoring the city council.
Recorded mintage: 1,500 proofs.
Specification: 38.61 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.61 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-224.
- 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 2014 500 rupees, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala
- 2015 500 rupees, Colombo Municipal Council 150th Anniversary
- 2017 2000 rupees, Visakha Vidyalaya Centennial
- Coins and currency dated 2015