Ceylon rupee

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former currency historical currency

The Ceylon rupee was the former official currency of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) used during the colonial and early post-colonial period before being replaced by the Sri Lankan rupee.

Aliases (2)

Sri Lankan rupee ×3
ලංකා රුපියල් ×1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former currency → historical currency →
category	Currencies of Sri Lanka → Obsolete currencies → Rupee →
continent	Asia →
country	British Ceylon → Ceylon →
denominationType	banknote → coin →
formerOfficialCurrencyOf	British Ceylon → Ceylon →
historicalRelation	predecessor of Sri Lankan rupee →
ISO4217Code	none →
languageOfInscription	English → Sinhala → Tamil →
monetaryAuthority	Board of Commissioners of Currency, Ceylon → Government of Ceylon →
monetarySystem	decimal →
nameInEnglish	Ceylon rupee →
nameInSinhala	ලංකා රුපියල් →
nameInTamil	இலங்கை ரூபாய் →
peggedTo	Indian rupee → pound sterling →
region	South Asia →
replacedBy	Sri Lankan rupee →
replacedCurrency	Ceylon rixdollar →
status	obsolete →
subunit	cent →
subunitToUnit	100 cents = 1 rupee →
successorCurrency	Sri Lankan rupee →
symbol	Re → Rs →
usedDuring	British colonial period in Ceylon → early post-colonial period in Ceylon →
usedFor	domestic transactions in Ceylon → international trade settlements involving Ceylon →
usedIn	British Ceylon → Ceylon → Sri Lanka →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Ceylon → Dominion of Ceylon → Sri Lanka ("Sri Lankan rupee") →	currency
Ceylon rupee →	nameInEnglish
Ceylon rupee ("ලංකා රුපියල්") →	nameInSinhala
Ceylon rupee ("Sri Lankan rupee") →	replacedBy
Ceylon rupee ("Sri Lankan rupee") →	successorCurrency