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10 Cents - Elizabeth II Trial Strike
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse lettering | இலங்கை ලංකා CEYLON TRIAL (Translation: Ceylon Lanka) |
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| Reverse lettering | ලංකා 10 සත දහය பத்து சதம் TEN CENTS 1971 (Translation: Lanka Ten Cents) |
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Ceylon's transition to stainless steel coinage in the early 1970s required extensive trial striking before any design was committed to circulation production. This piece is part of that testing phase — pattern and trial issues from this period were produced in small numbers specifically to evaluate die wear, metal flow, and striking pressure across the new alloy, not to document a design change. Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka in May 1972, meaning this trial was struck under an issuing authority that had fewer than twelve months left in existence.