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1/4 Cent - Edward VII
| Issuer | Ceylon (1597-1972) |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of King Edward VII, depicted with a short beard and wearing the Imperial State Crown, with robes draped at the truncation. The portrait, engraved by George William de Saulles, displays fine detail in the crown jewels and facial features. The circular legend reads EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR, arranged around the upper periphery of the field, with a beaded border framing the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR |
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Ceylon's quarter cent survived into the twentieth century largely because of the island's plantation economy, where fractional wages and small retail transactions made tiny denominations genuinely useful rather than ceremonial. By 1904, most of the British Empire had abandoned copper fractions this small, but Colombo's bazaar trade sustained demand. The issue was struck at the Royal Mint, London — one of the last colonial quarter-cent denominations still in active production anywhere under the Crown.