| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 1/48 RixDollar |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 19.0 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 13.35 gms |
| Weight | 13.503 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Dump |
| Die Axis | O° |
| Mint | Ceylon |
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| Pridmore #62; Mitchiner #2213; Krause #63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : Within a beaded circle between two plain circles
an elephant facing left. The year 1801 below
Reverse :Within a beaded circle between two plain circle
:CEYLON.GOVERNMENT
The fraction of value to Rix Dollar 48 at center.
Heavy Issue (1801-1803) 13.35 grams; Light Issue (1803-1805) 9.07 grams;
Pridmore Lists 1 varieties for 1801 (P#62) case shown above;
and 6 varieties for 1802 (P#63-68) and 3 varieties for 1803 (P#69-71)
| KM | Pridmore | Year | Legend | Extra feature |
| 63 | 62 | 1801 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 63 | 1802 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 64 | 1802 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 66 | 65 | 1802 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 66 | 1802 | :CEYLON:GOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 67 | 1802 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 66 | 68 | 1802 | CEYLONGOVERNMENT | Two lines below 48 |
| 63 | 69 | 1803 | :CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 63 | 70 | 1803 | CEYLONGOVERNMENT | |
| 69 | 71 | 1803 | :CEYLON.GOVERNMENT | Elephant facing right |
See also F grade coin from original collection
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 156 Chapter XI British - Coins struck in Ceylon. Plate 157.
The VF grade coin was scanned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi. It was purchased in March 2000 from the John Madlon collection of Ceylon copper dumps.