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50 Cents - George V
| Issuer | Government of Ceylon |
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| Year | 1913-1917 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1871-1972) |
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| Reverse lettering | CEYLON 50 CENTS ශත පණහ ௫௦.சதம் ·1917· |
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| Mintage | 1913 - - 400,000 1913 - Proof - 1914 - - 200,000 1914 - Proof - 1917 - - 1,073,000 1917 - Proof - |
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Ceylon's silver coinage of this period was struck at the Royal Mint in London, part of a broader British colonial monetary framework that kept local currency production firmly off the island. The .800 fineness was a deliberate step down from sterling, a policy applied across several Crown Colony issues in the early twentieth century to reduce silver content without triggering public resistance to an overt debasement.
KM#109 spans a four-year window that includes the opening of World War I, when global silver demand spiked and colonial mint allocations were periodically disrupted by wartime priorities.