Coin · Sri Lanka · 1957
Five Rupees, 1957
2500th anniversary of the Buddha's parinibbana
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Date
- 1957
- Era
- 1945–2000
- Condition
- Extremely Fine
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Denomination
- 5 rupees
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight (g)
- 28.28
- Diameter (mm)
- 38.6
- Krause (KM) no.
- KM 126
- Obverse
- Lotus and stupa
- Reverse
- Dharmachakra
About this object
Ceylon's Buddha Jayanti crown: a large silver commemorative with the Dharmachakra on the reverse and a stylised lotus and stupa on the obverse. The first crown-sized coin of the independent island.