1815 - Ceylon - George III
Silver Rix Dollar - Pattern

On the 1st of December 1814, the Royal Mint, London, had received orders from the treasury to strike 10,000 rix-dollars in silver. Dies were prepared with effigy of George III but the silver rix-dollars with year 1815 never reached completion and only a few proof specimens exist.

SPECIFICATIONS Denomination one Rix Dollar Alloy Silver.892 Type Struck Diameter 26.8 mm Thickness 1.6 mm Weight Legal 8.98 gms Shape Round Edge Plain DieAxis 180° Pattern Proof Mint Royal Mint
Pridmore #81;KM #PN7

Obverse : Within plain rim, Laureate head to left, In periphery GEORGIUS III D:G:BRITANNIAR:REX F:D:
The Reverse : Within plain rim, elephant to left within wreath; above, in three lines CEYLON ONE RIX DOLLAR and below 1815

The obverse engraved by Benedetto Pistrucci. The reverse design modelled and engraved by William Wyon was approved in 1815

• Dick Ford collection (in Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction#19 1995 February 23 Singapore lot#174) sold proof 1815 for hammer price of US$1,300/-.(+10% buyers premium).
• Mark E Freehill collection of British Ceylon, Nobel Auction 2020 Jul 29, Sydney. Lot 1704 sold for Au$15,500; (+22% BP+GST).
  

Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Page 151 Chapter XI British - Coins struk in England - Plate 152.