Ceylon rupee

E37752

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ceylon rupee canonical	7
Sri Lankan rupee	4
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 ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon
denominationType	banknote ⓘ coin ⓘ
formerOfficialCurrencyOf	British Ceylon ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
nameInSinhala	Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ලංකා රුපියල්
nameInTamil	இலங்கை ரூபாய் ⓘ
peggedTo	Indian rupee ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
region	South Asia ⓘ
replacedBy	Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan rupee
replacedCurrency	Ceylon rixdollar ⓘ
status	obsolete ⓘ
subunit	cent ⓘ
subunitToUnit	100 cents = 1 rupee ⓘ
successorCurrency	Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Sri Lanka ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominion of Ceylon → currency → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

British Ceylon → currency → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

Sri Lanka → currency → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan rupee

Ceylon rupee → successorCurrency → Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan rupee

Ceylon rupee → replacedBy → Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan rupee

Ceylon rupee → nameInSinhala → Ceylon rupee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ලංකා රුපියල්

Ceylon rupee → nameInEnglish → Ceylon rupee self-link ⓘ

Mughal rupee → influenced → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sri Lankan rupee

Government of Ceylon → currency → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Ceylon → appliesTo → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Ceylon → currency → Ceylon rupee ⓘ

Ceylon rixdollar → replacedBy → Ceylon rupee ⓘ