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1⁄24 Rixdollar Piedfort
| Uitgever | British Colonial Government of Ceylon |
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| Jaar | 1801-1816 |
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| Waarde | 1⁄24 Rixdollar |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Within a beaded border, the numeral '24' appears prominently at centre within an inner circle, indicating the denomination of one twenty-fourth of a Rixdollar. Surrounding the central motif, the circular legend 'GOVERNMENT:CEYLON.' runs between the inner and outer beaded circles, identifying the issuing colonial authority. The design is plain and typographic in character, reflecting the utilitarian struck coinage of early British Ceylon. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | GOVERNMENT:CEYLON. 24 |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Ceylon came under British administration following the 1796 seizure from the Dutch VOC, but the monetary situation inherited was a patchwork of Dutch stivers, local fanams, and VOC coppers — none of it coherent. The decision to issue a rixdollar-based coinage was a practical colonial fix, anchoring the new currency to the familiar Dutch unit still in daily use by the population.
The piedfort — struck at roughly double the standard planchet thickness — was not intended for circulation. Piedforts of this issue were produced as presentation or record strikes, almost certainly for colonial administrators or the Royal Mint's own archive.