Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
The Sri Lanka Rupee is issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
- Alphabetic code
- LKR
- Numeric code
- 144
- Symbol
- Rs
- Minor units
- 2
- Example
- LKR 1,234.50
- Used in
- Sri Lanka
History
- 1872 From 1 January the decimal rupee of 100 cents becomes the sole legal tender in Ceylon, and accounts are kept in rupees and cents.
- 1972 Ceylon becomes the Republic of Sri Lanka and the currency becomes known as the Sri Lanka rupee.
- 2022 In March the Central Bank of Sri Lanka allows greater flexibility in the rupee exchange rate, followed by a depreciation of the rupee.
- 2022 On 12 April Sri Lanka announces a suspension of most external debt payments.
Live exchange rates
Sources
- Lakdiva: Ceylon currency, British period (secondary)
- Lakdiva: 1871 decimal currency order (transcription)
- Wikipedia: Sri Lankan rupee (secondary)
- IMF Country Report 23/408: Sri Lanka
- Lakdiva: Central Bank of Ceylon notes (secondary)
- The Morning, 8 March 2022 (secondary)
- Wikipedia: Sri Lanka sovereign default (secondary)