The issuance of Circulation Standard Commemorative coin to mark the 150th Anniversary of Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

The Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo or ‘ the Colombo Medical School’ was established in 1870 by the then Governor Sir Hercule Robinson. The faculty is one of the oldest Medical Colleges in South Asia which served as the single pioneer center in the field of medical education for more than a century in Sri Lanka.

A circulation standard commemorative coin with a face value of Rs. 20 was issued as one of the events organised to mark the 150th Anniversary of the Faculty. This circulation standard commemorative coin can be used for payments in Sri Lanka.