| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Six Stuiver |
| Alloy | Copper |
| Type | Struck |
| Length | 112. mm |
| Width | mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Legal | 84.0 gms |
| Shape | Bar |
| Edge | Dump |
| Mint | Colombo |
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| Schloten 1288b; Mitchiner #Unlisted; Krause #22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Obverse : VI in leafy wreath (type Aa) at both ends
Reverse : St in similar wreath at both ends
| KM21 | S1288* | RRR | Six | on both sides to right VI and to left St |
| KM22 | S1288b | RRR | Six | VI repeated on obverse, St repeated on reverse |
It appears that this type A Stuiver copper bar coin were struck at Colombo mint. This coin is listed as extremely Rare in Scholten.
Text from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
Page 132 Chapter X Dutch - Coins of the Eastern Mints. Plate 122.
* The Coins of the Dutch Overseas Territories- 1601-1948
C. Scholten, 1953, Amsterdam: Jacques Schulman.
This extremely Rare bar is unlikely to be found for this coin collection. The image is from Scholten, scanned and 72dpi and displayedat 100dpi.