National Trust lecture: Two millenniums of coins in Sri Lanka
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Brigadier B. Munasinghe will deliver the 81st Monthly Lecture of the National Trust – Sri Lanka on ‘Two Millenniums of coins in Sri Lanka’ on Thursday, February 25 at the HNB Auditorium, 22nd Floor, HNB Towers, 479 T.B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10 at 6.30 p.m.
Coins in our early books are described, to be of gold, silver, copper or its alloy, of lac or gum off trees. They may be of wood or bamboo where a symbol was marked and even of palmyra leaf where a symbol is raised upon or cut, of seed, fruits etc., marked or unmarked.
The finds of a large variety of coin sets, made of gold, silver and copper will be presented in a chronological order as found during excavations, in relation to the old stories of the Mahawansa and on rock inscriptions.
Siri Munasinghe joined the Army from the University of Colombo and retired from the army after 32 years of service. During his career he was fortunate to serve close to many historical sites. He also maintains a blog on coins of Sri Lanka. He was the Secretary and later President of the Numismatist Society of Sri Lanka.