| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 1/2 Stuiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 18.0 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 7.20 gms |
| Weight | 7.46 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Dump |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Mint | Jaffna |
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| Schloten 1291; Mitchiner #2178; Krause #18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : 1/2 St within a thorny wreath revolving
anticlockwise
Reverse : Similer
| KM18 | S1291a* | S | Half | Similar, with j St (Type C) |
| KM18 | S1291b | S | Half | small wreath |
| KM18 | S1291c | S | Half | big letters |
| KM18 | S1291d | S | Half | large letters 1/2. St |
| KM18 | S1291e | S | Half | 1/(S)St |
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 300dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi. It was obtained in November 1999 from Waruna Jayasinghe, an antiques dealer in Kandy, Lanka.