10 Cents - Victoria

Ceylon's small silver fractional coinage of this period was struck at the Royal Mint in London, and the .800 fineness reflects a deliberate step down from sterling used to keep production costs in line with the coin's low face value relative to silver spot. The island's monetary system during the 1890s ran parallel to Indian currency conventions, and Ceylon rupee fractions like this piece circulated alongside Indian coinage with enough regularity that the colonial administration periodically debated full monetary integration with India — a consolidation that never came.