Ceylon 1801 1/24 rixdollar
This specimen was lot 84 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $665.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON (SRI LANKA), Colonial. British. George III. 1760-1820. CU 1/24 Rixdollar. Hammered coinage. Colombo mint. Dated 1801. In NGC encapsulation graded XF 45 BN. Deep brown toning with nice surfaces. Usual crude flan, but beautiful fields. Much nicer than normally seen and on a very broad planchet. Purchased from Paul Davis, October 1971." This 1/24 rixdollar piece was struck by the hammer 1801-16 in Ceylon. This mix of stivers and rixdollars was inherited by the British from the Dutch, who occupied the island until 1796. Decimal coinage was instituted in 1870. Ceylon attained her independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka. This is not priced in the SCWC above Extremely Fine.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen Ø26 mm, 26.54 g, 7h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 64; Cr 23.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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