Ceylonese rixdollar
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ceylonese-rixdollar-167-12399826
title:
Ceylonese rixdollar
text:
The rixdollar was the currency of British Ceylon until 1828. It was subdivided into 48 stivers, each of 4 duit. Units called the fanam and larin were also used, worth 4 and 9½ stiver, respectively. The currency derived from the Dutch rijksdaalder and stuiver, although the rijksdaalder was worth 50 stuiver. Initially containing over 25 grams fine silver worth 4 shillings and sixpence in the 17th century, the Ceylonese rixdollar was worth just one-third this amount by the 19th century. In 1825 it
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Erstwhile currency of British Ceylon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylonese_rixdollar
date created:
2005-12-13T16:04:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:19:18Z
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