Issuing authority
Dutch Ceylon
- Kind
- colony
- Region
- South Asia, Asia
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
5
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
5 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
1670 – 1783
5 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (5)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ceylon, 2 wreath stuivers
1670 - 1700
Copper coin. Obverse: in a foliage wreath, value indication II St (t inverted). Reverse: in a foliage wreath, value indication II St (t inverted). Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4024; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); meas…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
½ stuiver of Ceylon
1680 - 1710
Copper coin. Obverse: within a crown of thorns, value indication ½ St (t inverted). Reverse: within a crown of thorns, value indication ½ St (t inverted). Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4026; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ceylon, 1/8 wreath stuiver
1680 - 1710
Copper coin. Obverse: within a crown of thorns the denomination indication 1/8 St (t inverted). Reverse: within a crown of thorns the denomination indication 1/8 St (t inverted). Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4029; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); techniq…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Bar of 6 stivers; Ceylonese emergency money of Japanese copper
1700 - 1750
Copper coin in the form of a rectangular bar. Obverse: at the right end within a wreath of leaves VI and at the left end within a wreath St (t inverted). Reverse: at the right end within a wreath of leaves VI and at the left end within a wreath St (t inverted). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP…
Partial type record
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Ceylon, 2 stuivers, 1783 Galle
1783
Copper coin. Obverse: VOC monogram, above which is the letter G. Reverse: on one line denomination indication in Sinhalese, above which is the year. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4034; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal); technique striking (metalworking); me…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 17th century4
- 18th century1
Only the 5 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
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