1 Rixdollar Trial Strike

Ceylon's rixdollar coinage was administered under the Dutch VOC before passing to British control in 1796, and the transition created persistent administrative headaches over currency standardization. This 1812 trial strike was part of Britain's effort to rationalize the island's monetary system — the rixdollar itself was a carry-over Dutch unit that the Colonial Office tolerated for decades before finally demonetizing it in 1836 in favor of sterling.

Pattern and trial pieces from Ceylon of this period are genuinely rare in any form. The Pn3 designation reflects its proof-of-concept status; it never entered circulation.