CEYLON: George III, 1796-1820, AR rixdollar, 1815, KM-Pn7, Pridmore-81, pattern, Elephant within wreath, PCGS graded Proof 63, RR, ex Jerry D. Williams Collection. An Order in Council dated 1st April, 1814, authorized a silver and copper coinage for Ceylon to the extent of 10,000 rixdollars in silver and 200,000 rixdollars in copper. The silver coinage was to consist of one denomination and the copper coinage of five. On the 1st December, 1814, the Royal Mint, London, received orders from the Treasury to strike the coinage. Dies were prepared by Thomas Wyon for the silver rix-dollar but the coinage never reached completion and only a few proof specimens exist. Finest and only piece fraded at PCGS and NGC.
Estimate: 2,500-3,000 USD