Ceylon
Copper 1Â Stuiver
Srilanka (Ceylon), Dutch East India Company, Copper 1 Stuiver, 1795 AD, Colombo Mint, Obv: mintmark C (Colombo) above VOC monogram, Rev: value ".:. I .:. STUIVER" with date '1795' below, 13.0g, 19.48mm, (KM # 26), complete date visible, choice very fine, Very Rare.

Note: This specimen is of the famous 'VOC Dump Stuivers' series of Ceylon that were struck at the local mints in Colombo, Galle, Trincomalee and Jaffna. VOC Dump coinage of Ceylon owed its existence to the constantly increasing shortage of small change in the province leading to the council of Colombo deciding to have copper Stuivers struck in Ceylon.
Estimate: INR 7000 - 9000