View source for Ceylon (1823) 16 fanams

[[Image:Ceylon Alb27-973o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Steve Album sale 27, lot 973]]
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This specimen was lot 973 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $3,055. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "CEYLON: George IV, 1820-1830, AR 1-1/3 rixdollar (16 fanams), ND [1823]. Countermarked crown on Madras Presidency Arcot rupee, EF, RR." This circumstances of this countermark are obscure and this type is rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' host coin: 11.66 g, silver, 27.8 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-86. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

''Link to:''
* [[Ceylon 1815 1/48 rixdollar]]
* [[Ceylon 1821 rixdollar]]
* [[Ceylon (1823) 4 fanams]] = 1/3 rixdollar, c/m on a Madras ¼ rupee
* [[Ceylon (1823) 2/3 rixdollar]] c/m on a Madras Presidency Arcot ½ rupee
* [[Coins and currency dated 1823]]
* return to coins of [[Ceylon]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 27]]