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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German engineer Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile [1] [a] and was the first car put into production. [8] It was patented in January 1886 and unveiled in public later that year.
1 ⁄ 2 cent 1 cent 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 cents: 1948 1983 1948: 1948 1983 1948: No: With the introduction of the euro on 1 January 2002, the 5-cent, 10-cent, 25-cent, 1-guilder, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-guilder and 5-guilder coins ceased to function as legal currencies. New Zealand: 1 and 2 cents 5 cents: 1987 2004: 30 April 1990 1 November 2006: No [3]
Most of the pre-modern coinage used in Sri Lanka or coins used in pre-Christian Sri Lanka can be categorised as punch-marked coins, tree and swastika coins, elephant and swastika coins and Lakshmi plaques. [1]
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka has issued commemorative coins since 1957. On 15 December 2010, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka issued a Frosted Proof crown size multi-colour silver commemorative coin in the denomination of Rupees 5000 for the bank's 60th anniversary. [ 1 ]
1 cent coin struck at the Royal Mint in 1870. In 1872, copper 1 ⁄ 4 c, 1 ⁄ 2 c, 1c and 5c coins dated 1870 were introduced, followed in 1892 by silver 10c, 25c and 50c. Production of the 1 ⁄ 4 c ceased in 1904. The large, copper 5c coin was replaced in 1909 by a much smaller cupro-nickel coin which was square with rounded corners.
1885-built Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first modern car—a practical, marketable automobile for everyday use The second Marcus car of 1888. The lack of suitable fuels, particularly liquids, hampered early attempts at making and using internal combustion engines—therefore, some of the earliest engines used gas mixtures.
The normal scale produced was 1:24, but models were also issued in 1:43, 1:18 and even a very large 1:8 for the 1885 Daimler (Single Track) Reitwagen and the 1885/1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen. [ 1 ] [ 5 ]
Deutsch: Patent "Fahrzeug mit Gasmotorenbetrieb" (Benz Patent-Motorwagen Nummer 1), eingereicht am 29. Januar 1886 und als Nr. 37435 am 2. Januar 1886 und als Nr. 37435 am 2. November 1886 vom Kaiserlichen Patentamt erteilt.