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Latest revision as of 21:05, 31 July 2021
This specimen was lot 72260 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON. 10 Cents, 1908. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Though a few light spots are noted on the reverse, this attractively toned example offers an alluring and charming lustrous brilliance radiating from beneath." This type was struck 1902-03, 1907-10. The 1908 is a common date. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.
Recorded mintage: 1,500,000.
Specification: 1.17 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 97.
- 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 June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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