| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 1/8 Stuiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 10.0 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 1.8 gms |
| Weight | 1.8 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Dump |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Mint | Jaffna |
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| Schloten 1293; Mitchiner #2181; Krause #16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : 1/8 St within a thorny wreath revolving
anticlockwise. leaves pointing right on top.
Reverse : Similer
| KM16 | S1293a* | R | Eighth | Similar, but 1/8 St (type C) |
| KM16 | S1293b | R | Eighth | with large 8 |
| KM16 | S1293c | R | Eighth | larger letters |
This coin is listed as Rare in Scholten. The fractional wreath Stuivers are only of this thorny type C.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 132 Chapter X Dutch - Coins of the Eastern Mints. Plate 126.
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories- 1601-1948
C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman.
The coin was scanned at 600dpi and the images are displayed at 500dpi. This coin was obtained in 2000 August as replacement 30% underweight specimen purchased in 1999 December from Rajah Wickremesinhe an Author and collector in Colombo, Lanka.