1802 - Ceylon

1/48 Rix-dollar - One Stiver

One Stiver copper coin struck in England for circulation in Ceylon.

SPECIFICATIONS Denomination One Stiver Alloy Copper Diameter 30.5 mm Thickness  mm Weight 10.08 gms Shape Round Edge Plain DieAxis O° Issue 2,700,000 Proof Mint Soho Mint
	Pridmore #83; Mitchiner #2218; Krause #75

Obverse : Within a circle of annulets between two plain circles an elephant facing left and year 1802 below.
Reverse : Within a circle of annulets between two plain circles; CEYLON.GOVERNMENT divided at top by cinquefoil (*). 48 the fractional value to the Rix-dollar at center within a cord circle.

Also stuck were Bronzed Proof and Copper Gilt Proof of 1802 and of 1803 and 1804 which were not issued for circulation.
The Dick Ford collection (in Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction#19 1995 February 23 Singapore lots#179) listed a 1802 struck in tin (not lead as given in Pridmore 83C) from the Wayte Raymond Collection (NASCA, NewYork, 14 Aug 1978 lot#887) which did not sell at Auction.

Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Page 147 Chapter XI British - I - 1796-1825.

The coin was scanned at 400dpi and the images are displayed at 200dpi.
This VF coin was purchased at a coin Show in USA to replace a coin in the original collection cleaned to a lower grade in my chidish ignorance over 30 years ago.