Coins In Lucknow Mus. Vol 01 [56 MB - IndianCoins.org

CEYLON COINS. 69legend VICTORIA. D.G. BEITANNIAR. REGINA. F.D. and on the reversethe figures 1| and the date 1842, surmounted by a crown and surroundedby a wreath. This little coin, seldom met with in Ceylon,is beautifullyexecuted, and was struck in England whilst the fanam tokens;were struck in Ceylon." There is, in the British Museum, one silver specimen of anothertype, but whether this is a proof of an unpublished coin, or a specimenof a coin in actual circulation, I have been unable to ascertain. Ithas on the obverse the words TWO EIX DOLLARS in a square tabletsurmounted by a crown above; it, Ceylon below it on a ; scroll, DIEUET MON DROIT, and below that again the word CURRENCY; on the reversean elephant to the left, and below it the date 1812.""As regards the little coin mentioned above, with the figures 1 1 andthe date 1842, Captain Tufnell 9says " The : description so exactlycorresponds with that of the l|r/. of the ' Maunday ' money, that Icannot but think that the specimens alluded to belong to that series, orto an issue of this silver piece, still to a certain extent in circulation inMalta as a fraction of od, which sum appears to be the most usualcharge for all small commodities and services in Valetta."Of the European coins struck in Ceylon, only a few typical specimensare here catalogued, more extensive notice being reserved for thefuture.9Madras Journ. Lit. and Science, 1888, p. 187.