Art Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 ccg's 1804 48 Stuivers, Ceylon In 1796, the British East India company took over formerly Dutch held coastal areas of Ceylon - the Dutch having been invaded by France, and their preference for their colonies to be surrendered to the British (allies) rather than to the French. To provide a circulating currency, various thick "dump" style silver coins were struck, all bearing an elephant design. Art's 1899 3d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Elephants are wonderful but I really like the 3d. It is so small and yet such great detail. Color and brilliance are wonderful. But enough commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 The neat thing about the threepence is that it's one of the few predecimal coins to retain its legal tender status after decimalization, going from £3/240 to £3/100 - an increase in nominal value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Gotta go with Vickie -- the final portrait on her coins is my definition of what the coin of an empire should look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 The neat thing about the threepence is that it's one of the few predecimal coins to retain its legal tender status after decimalization, going from £3/240 to £3/100 - an increase in nominal value! I did not know that. Thanks Kev. A very interesting and useful bit of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted October 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 ccg's 1804 48 Stuivers, Ceylon will be leading the charge into Round 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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