Pay attention... What I'm about to reveal to you is the striking of a coin that should never have been minted. More than likely, you know that present day Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon But, do you know a very weird event took place in Sri Lanka in 1992? The President of Sri Lanka, President Premadasa, didn't like how the pronunciation of the country's name did not agree as to how it was spelled. In June of '92 he made a declaration (or edict) changing the spelling from "Sri" Lanka to "Shri" Lanka. Guess what? It was decided in December of '93 President Premadasa did not have the authority to change the spelling. The name of the country reverted back to its original spelling: "Sri" Lanka. The country's name was written as "Shri" Lanka for a mere 17 months, but numismatic history produced a very unique coin during that time period: 1993 turned out to be the 2300th anniversary of India's introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka. It was decided to issue a 500 Rupee coin to celebrate the occasion. The powers to be decided the coin should be struck only in proof condition. All well and good, but somehow the issuing country's name was spelled on the coin with the "h." The "Shri" Lanka 500 rupee coin was the only coin issued by Sri Lanka with that spelling, making it a very sought after coin. It, not only is a religious commemorative, but stands on its own as a beautiful silver coin! (there were only 15,000 minted). Take a look at it (image courtesy of Joelscoins.com): NOTE: When viewing the coin, you'll see the name "SHRI" at 1:00 o'clock http://www.joelscoins.com/images/srilanka154r.jpg Just thought you'd like to know... Clinker
Thanks for a post I can print out. Lately so many links that I don't print them out. In a few years those links may not be of any value. Again, thanks.
rotobeast Go to http://www.joelscoins.com Type Sri Lanka in search engine window, click results and scroll down to the coin, info and price.... Hope this helps... Clinker
der_meister77 Nice to hear from you, der_meister77. Hope you write more comments in the future! Clinker
