| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | One Stiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Diameter | 23.5 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 4.92 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Issue | 1,800,000 |
| Proof | |
| Mint | Soho Mint |
1/96 Rix-dollar - Half Stiver
Half Stiver copper coin struck in England for circulation in Ceylon.
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| Pridmore #86; Mitchiner #2219; Krause #74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 (*). 96 the fractional value to the Rix-dollar at center
within a cord circle.
Also struck were Proof and Copper Gilt Proof of 1802.
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 250dpi.
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.