Ceylon, British Colony. 1/12 Rixdollar 1803, elephant left, KM 65, Copper 30 mm, weight 26,15 g., Condition PCGS XF 45, an interesting variety with the GOVERNMENT inscription starting at 12 o`clock and rotating counterclockwise, nice brown patina, partly weakly struck, nicely preserved for this type of coin, rare
Ceylon, British Colony. 1/12 Rixdollar 1803, elephant left, KM 65, Copper 30 mm, weight 39,60 g., Condition PCGS XF 45, an interesting variety with the GOVERNMENT inscription starting at 12 o`clock and rotating counterclockwise, nice brown patina, well struck on a thick and heavy very planchet, exceptionally nicely preserved for this type of coin, very...
Ceylon. Token 1876, Lee Hedges & Co. Demattagodde Mills, Colombo, LEE HEDGES & Co / 1876, tea plantation, Pridmore 62, Lowsley 8, Brass 29 mm, weight 8,69 g., Condition VF+/aXF, patina The value of this token in 1876 was 18 cents apiece, which was roughly equivalent to a day`s wages for a woman working on a plantation.
Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Sahasa Malla, 1200-1202. AE Kahavanu (Massa) no date, Mitchiner 840-841, copper 20 mm, weight 4,26 g., condition XF, patina, nice specimen
The coin was continued by the king`s sister, Queen Kalyanavati between 1202 and 1208 AD.