| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Fanam |
| Alloy | lead |
| Diameter | 20.9 mm |
| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
| Weight | 9.05 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | ?° |
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Obverse : Elephant Facing Left with CEYLON · GOV : in a arc above
and 1815 below the ground line within a plain circle and raised rim.
Reverse : 1/12 in the center within raised circle
F A N A M . along outer annulus.
The copper pattern appears to have been over-struck on a thin VOC Duit.
Comment by Pridmore
The appearance indicates local work-manship and it is seemingly a
pattern for a coinage which was intended to replace the tiny silver
fanam token issued in 1814. The denomination expressed by the
numerals is 1/12th of a Rix dollar, i.e. one fanam.
The specimen struck in copper is from a different die and is
over-struck on a Dutch Doit.
Ex The F. Pridmore Collection. Glendining 1982 Oct 18, London.
Lead Lot 54 sold for £240; Copper Lot 55 sold for £400
Ex The Dick Ford collection
(in Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auctions #19 Ceylon 1995 February 23, Singapore.
Lead lot#246 sold for US$700; Copper lot#247 sold for US$700; (+10% BP).
Ex The Mark E Freehill collection of British Ceylon, Nobel Auction 2020 Jul 29, Sydney.
Lead Lot 1700
sold for Au$1,500;
Copper Lot 1701
sold for Au$5,500; (+22% BP+GST).
The 600 dpi coin images from Nobel 2020 Auction 124 lots 1700 and 1701 displayed at 300 dpi.