Ceylon 1814 1/12 rixdollar
This specimen was lot 780 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $199.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON: AR 1/12 rixdollar, 1814, couple surface nicks, VF, ex Dr. Kurt Oster Collection, purchased from Spink in 1968." This 1/12 rixdollar piece was struck by the hammer in Ceylon and was the largest copper denomination. Known dates include 1801-05, 1811-15. 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, this specimen 33.32 g.
Catalog reference: KM-65, Prid-41.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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