Ceylon's copper-nickel 5 cent coinage under Edward VII was struck at the Royal Mint during a period when the island's monetary administration remained tightly controlled by the Colonial Office in London. The shift from earlier silver-content fractions to copper-nickel for small denominations had been settled policy across British colonial issues by this point, driven by silver's sustained price increases in the late nineteenth century.
KM#103 covers only two years of production before Edward's death in May 1910 ended the series.
Ceylon's copper-nickel 5 cent coinage under Edward VII was struck at the Royal Mint during a period when the island's monetary administration remained tightly controlled by the Colonial Office in London. The shift from earlier silver-content fractions to copper-nickel for small denominations had been settled policy across British colonial issues by this point, driven by silver's sustained price increases in the late nineteenth century.
KM#103 covers only two years of production before Edward's death in May 1910 ended the series.