The Sri Lanka 1,000 Rupees Banknote with Folder was issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in 2018 to commemorate the nation’s 70th Independence Celebration. The green banknote bears English, Sinhala, and Tamil texts. The obverse features the White Four Ring, a butterfly, a church, a mosque, Tamil Kovil, and a temple. It also shows a Sri Lanka hanging parrot and a lion holding a whip with a sword. The reverse depicts a Davul Bera drummer and a Malpadaya Netuma dancer, the guard stone of naga-raja holding a sprouting branch and a punkalasa (pot of plenty which is a symbol of prosperity), beneath a hood of cobra heads, with Sankha and Padma at its feet. It also shows a stylized Dvithva liya vela floral motif. The banknote has a 2.5-mmm wide red-to-green StarChrome windowed security thread with a demetallized CBSL RS 1000. Its watermark reveals a parrot with an electrotype 1000 and Cornerstones. The banknote is 148 x 67 mm in size. This commemorative banknote is in uncirculated condition.
