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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2778962, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="7"><u><b>Ceylon (Sri Lanka)</b></u></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>10- CEYLON: 1/4 CENT, KM90.</b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC10-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC10-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC10-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS63 BN)</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 14.3 mm. Composition: Copper. Mintage: 216,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: <i>Purchased raw on eBay from a listing with dark pictures.&nbsp; I was quite amazed when I saw it in hand. The nice colors were a pleasant surprise. This tiny but beautiful coin was stunning, and even the professional photos above do not do it justice.&nbsp; This has to have been one of my best $10 purchases ever.</i></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>11- CEYLON: 1/2 CENT, KM91.</b></font></font></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC11-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC11-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC11-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS63 RB)</a></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 18.5 mm. Composition: Copper. Mintage: 2,020,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: </font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Purchased raw from Stephen Album Rare Coins (stevenalbum.com), 04/2010.&nbsp; This was quite a nice little coin in hand, and as I recall, it wasn&#039;t cheap, either.&nbsp; Sadly the only images I got of it were the wretched scans of it inside the slab, which you see above.</font></font></i></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>12- CEYLON: 1 CENT, KM92.</b></font></font></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC12-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">(Raw F+; borderline VF)</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Size: 22.5 mm. Composition: Copper. Mintage: 1,014,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Comments: <i>This was j</i></font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">ust a cheap coin I picked up somewhere; probably eBay. I figured it would until I found a nice Mint State example, but I never got around to that.</font></font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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