The closest I have been to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) is on a trip to India in 1984. From the dates of these coins, they came back with returning WW2 servicemen. Ceylon 1/2 Cent 1940 Ceylon 1 Cent 1945 Ceylon 2 Cents 1944 Ceylon 5 Cents 1944 Ceylon 10 Cents 1944 Ceylon 25 Cents 1943 Ceylon 50 Cents 1943 A later coin commemorating 2500 years of Buddha: Ceylon 5 Rupees 1957 Buddha