Ceylon Company Limited
St. Sebastian Mills - B

The tokens were struck in London about the year 1866, by the Ceylon Company Ltd., established in 1863 in Colombo, Ceylon, for use at the St. Sebastian Mills.

SPECIFICATIONS

Denomination 4½ pence

Alloy Brass

Diameter 25.7 mm

Thickness 1.7 mm

Weight 6.76 gms

Shape Round

Edge Plain

DieAxis O°

Issue

sebastian_mills_b_obverse sebastian_mills_b_reverse

Atkins #97 Lowsley #29 Pridmore #18

Obverse : a tame elephant facing left with CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED . * . along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.
Reverse : B at center - ST. SEBASTIAN MILLS . * . along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.

Pridmore lists this token with slightly larger size of 26.8 mm in diameter and Weight of 6.99 grams.

See C token for more details.

The token was scanned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 200dpi.
The very fine condition image of the middle B token scanned at 400dpi was purchased in Lanka in May 2003 .

Obverse :	a tame elephant facing left with *CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED . .** along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.
Reverse :	B at center *- ST. SEBASTIAN MILLS . .** along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.

Ceylon Company Limited St. Sebastian Mills - B

Ceylon Company Limited
St. Sebastian Mills - B