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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 289406, member: 6229&quot;]Pay attention...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What I&#039;m about to reveal to you is the striking of a coin that should never have been minted.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>More than likely, you know that present day Sri Lanka used to be called Ceylon</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But, do you know a very weird event took place in Sri Lanka in 1992? </p><p>The President of Sri Lanka, President Premadasa, didn&#039;t like how the pronunciation of the country&#039;s name did not agree as to how it was spelled. In June of &#039;92 he made a declaration (or edict) changing the spelling from &quot;Sri&quot; Lanka to &quot;Shri&quot; Lanka. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Guess what?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It was decided in December of &#039;93 President Premadasa did not have the authority to change the spelling. The name of the country reverted back to its original spelling: &quot;Sri&quot; Lanka.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The country&#039;s name was written as &quot;Shri&quot; Lanka for a mere 17 months, but numismatic history produced a very unique coin during that time period:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1993 turned out to be the 2300th anniversary of India&#039;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&#039;s name was spelled on the coin with the &quot;h.&quot; The &quot;Shri&quot; Lanka 500 rupee coin was the only coin issued by Sri Lanka with that spelling, making it a very sought after coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It, not only is a religious commemorative, but stands on its own as a beautiful silver coin! (there were only 15,000 minted).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Take a look at it (image courtesy of Joelscoins.com):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>NOTE: </b>When viewing the coin, you&#039;ll see the name &quot;SHRI&quot; at 1:00 o&#039;clock</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/srilanka154r.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.joelscoins.com/images/srilanka154r.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelscoins.com/images/srilanka154r.jpg</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Just thought you&#039;d like to know...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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