| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 1/48 RixDollar |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 13.35 gms |
| Weight | 13.503 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Dump |
| Die Axis | O° |
| Mint | Ceylon |
One Stiver - 1/48 Rix-dollar
The heavy One Stiver copper dump coin struck in Ceylon under contract from 1801 to March 1803.
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| Pridmore #62; Mitchiner #2213; Krause #63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : Within a beaded circle between two plain circles
an elephant facing left. The year 1801 below
Reverse :Within a beaded circle between two plain circle
:CEYLON.GOVERNMENT
The fraction of value to Rix Dollar 48 at center.
Heavy Issue (1801-1803) 13.35 grams; Light Issue (1803-1805) 9.07 grams;
Pridmore Lists 1 varieties for 1801 (P#62) case shown above;
and 6 varieties for 1802 (P#63-68) and 3 varieties for 1803 (P#69-71)
| KM | Pridmore | Year | Legend | Extra feature |
| 63 | 62 | 1801 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 63 | 1802 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 64 | 1802 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 66 | 65 | 1802 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 66 | 1802 | :CEYLON:GOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 67 | 1802 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 68 | 1802 | CEYLONGOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 63 | 69 | 1803 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 70 | 1803 | CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 69 | 71 | 1803 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | Elephant facing right |
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 156 Chapter XI British - Coins struck in Ceylon. Plate 157.
The coin was scanned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi. It was purchased in March 2000 from the John Madlon collection of Ceylon copper dumps.