Ceylon 1957 5 rupees

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22127

This specimen was lot 22127 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $305.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CEYLON. 5 Rupees, 1957. NGC PROOF-66 CAMEO. 2,500 Years of Buddhism. Hard mirror fields with frosted cameo devices. Brilliant and highly attractive." This commemorative is the only silver crown issued for the island before the current explosion of NCLT's. The proofs are scarce but the regular issue is common, especially in hairlined uncirculated. Ceylon attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.

Recorded mintage: 500,000 (the majority melted) + 1,800 proofs.

Specification: 28.26 g, 0.925 fine silver, 39 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-126.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• Ceylon 1951 10 cents
• Ceylon 1951 25 cents
• Ceylon 1951 50 cents
• 1957 rupee, 2,500th anniversary of Buddhism
• Coins and currency dated 1957
• return to coins of Ceylon