| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | one RixDollar |
| Alloy | Silver.375? |
| Type | Cast |
| Diameter | 26.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Weight Legal | 8.985 gms |
| Weight | 8.30 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | 180° |
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Obverse : Within plain rim, Laureate head to left,
In margin GEORGIUS IV D:G:BRITANNIAR:REX F:D:
The
Reverse : Within plain rim, elephant to left within
wreath; above, in three lines CEYLON ONE RIX DOLLAR and below 1821
IMHO this is probably a contemporary forgery, since if it was a modern fake it would probably have been of silver of correct purity. It is 7.6% lighter and based on this weight it is probably 37% silver rather than 89% as the legal coin. It illustrates many of the features of cast copy. The features are dull and the surface shows small bubbles left from casting bubbles. The cast forgery is about 1% smaller due shrinkage.Please left click and view image at full 600dpi resolution.
See also genuine higher grade coin
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 151 Chapter XI British - Coins struk in England - Plate 152.
The coin was scanned at 600dpi and the images are displayed at 200dpi.
The very fine grade forgery was purchased as such on ebay in September 2003.