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1 Cent - Victoria
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1870-1901 |
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| Value | 1 Cent (0.01) |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA QUEEN |
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| Mintage | 1870 - - 7,055,000 1870 - Proof - 1890 - - 4,940,000 1890 - Proof - 1891 - - 1,328,000 1891 - Proof - 1892 - - 5,000,000 1892 - Proof - 1900 - - 1,000,000 1900 - Proof - 1901 - - 1,014,000 |
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Ceylon's copper coinage of this period was struck almost entirely at the Royal Mint in London and the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, with H-mintmarked pieces from Heaton appearing sporadically across the series when London's capacity was stretched. The division of contracts between the two facilities means date-and-mintmark combinations vary in relative scarcity far more than the long reign span suggests.
The 1891 issue is notably thin in surviving circulated examples — consistent with the heavy commercial activity through Colombo during that decade's expansion of the plantation economy.