| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | pence |
| Alloy | Lead |
| Diameter | 27.5 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 5.93 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #48a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | J.H & G.S | countermarked with large AO (upside down)
within beaded circle inside raised rim. |
| Reverse : | GONA ADIKA | within beaded circle inside raised rim. |
For more details see the original token without counter mark
.
There is also Half Value Token with diameter 22.3 mm and weight 3.36 grams (Pridmore #49)
which has been similarly countermarked.
The countermark has been described at OV in Pridmore, but correctly described as AO (upsidedown) in more recent publications.
J. H. & G. S. These initials have not been identified.
The Gona Adika is an estate
of over 1,000 acres situated in
Kadugannawa in the Kandy District. It appears for the first time in the Ceylon
Almanac for the year 1860, the proprietor being T. R. Tucker. In 1883
the proprietors were A. G. Milne & Co. of London, who acquired many of
the important interests of Keir Dundas & Co. when that firm went into
liquidation.
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
The token was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 200 dpi.
I thank Bob Lyall of UK, for the scans of this token from his collection.