| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 24 Stiver |
| Alloy | Silver.892 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 16.0 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 4.53 gms |
| Weight | 4.518 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Mint | Ceylon |
24 Stiver - Half Rix-dollar
Twenty Four Stiver silver coin struck in Ceylon for circulation by authority dated 1803 June, 8th with fineness 891.66 and weight 100 to the pound avoirdupois.
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Obverse : Within a circle of dashes
an elephant facing left with small bushes between his feet,
year 1804 below the ground line and between another line.
Reverse :Within a circle of dashes
CEYLONGOVERNMENT preceded by a group of four dots and sometimes divided by a dot. The value in Stivers 24 ST at center within a bead circle. Two lines below the T.
The total face falue of the locally struck silver coinage 1803-1805 is approximately 289000. 1803, is a very rare date Lowsley didn't find, and the British Museum has specimen dated 1805.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 155 Chapter XI British - Coins struck in Ceylon.
The coin was scanned at 600dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi. It was purchased at the 1998 October PAN coin show in Pittsburgh.