| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 48 Stiver |
| Alloy | Silver.833Ag |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 18.85 mm |
| Thickness | 3.87 mm |
| Weight Legal | 9.05 gms |
| Weight | 9.24 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | 19O° |
| Mint | Ceylon |
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| Pridmore #9; Mitchiner #2202; Krause #77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : Within a circle of dashes an elephant facing
left with a perspective ground. The year 1805 below a line.
Reverse : Within a circle of dashes
CEYLON.GOVERNMENT preceded by a group of four dots. The value
in Stivers 48 ST at center within a bead circle. Two lines below the T.
This Elephant with the end of it's trunk stretched down is slightly different from the coin in Lingen's collection. 5 forward is similer to the 1804 illustrated in Mitchiner. R. Nott reports single variety among (2) rare 1805 coins the he has from the Lowsley collection. Pridmore Lists 2 varieties 1805 (P#8-9) i.e. with and without dot between CEYLON.GOVERNMENT.
Images of coin from listing of Auction I won on ebay in 2005 July from a US dealer.