Ceylon Quarter Farthing 1839 x rare coin

Century 19th Century
Type COIN
Issuer Sri Lanka › Ceylon (1597-1972)
Queen Victoria (1837-1901)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 1839-1868
Value ¼ Farthing (1⁄3840)
Currency Pound (1828-1869)
Composition Copper
Weight 1.18 g
Diameter 13.5 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 31 December 1869
Number N#19766
Obverse First uncrowned portrait (‘Young Head’) of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around
Reverse Denomination across two horizontal lines with crown above and date below, national flower emblems in exergue
Comments The coin is struck for use in Ceylon , quarter-farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom