UNITED CLUB KANDY

SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination pence
AlloyAE
Diameter24 mm
Thickness mm
Weight6.15 gms
Shaperound
EdgePlain
DieAxis
Issue
united_club_kandy_obverse united_club_kandy_reverse
Pridmore #118
Obverse : UNITED CLUB
KANDY
with swastika revolving to right (clockwise).
Reverse : UCK monogram within a plain circle inside a border of stars and dots.

Ceylon Plantation Co was one of the earliest companys floated in Ceylon for the cultivation of coffee, cinchona, and later, tea. George Wall took up the acting managership of company on his arrival in Ceylon in 1846, until he went to Colombo in 1850 to open his own business. The office of the company was in Kandy and George Wall took up his residence at Haramby (or Aramba) House which was subsequently occupied by the Kandy Club in the 1890s and is now the Hotel Suisse.

Reference
* The Coins of British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the reign of George VI 1952 Part 2 - Asian Territories by F. Pridmore Spink & Son Ltd., 1965. Tokens

Image of token from B&W print scanned ex Dick Ford Collection (1995 Feb 23 Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction#19 lot #296 part), and colorized with Photo-Shop. Displayed at 300 dpi.