Ceylon 1912 10 cents
This specimen was lot 23343 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON. 10 Cents, 1912. London Mint. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. Pop: 1, the finest graded at PCGS by three points. An attractive, Gem quality coin with full cartwheel luster and largely free of toning." This type was struck 1911-14 and 1917 and is not rare. The ten cents was smallest silver denomination and was last struck in that metal in 1941. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.
Recorded mintage: 1,000,000, a slightly better date.
Specification: 1.17 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-104; Prid-163.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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