Rudd Brothers
~1850 - Ibanwala Mills

A Tin token issued by Rudd Brothers who owned the Ibanwala Mills.

SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination pence
AlloyTin
Diameter26 mm
Thickness mm
Weight2.95 gms
Shaperound
EdgePlain
DieAxis
Issue
rudd_bros_obverse rudd_bros_reverse
Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #83

Obverse : RUDD
BROS.
Stamped incuse.
Reverse : blank

The name Ibanwala handiya(junction) is used by Bus drivers for the Lipton's circus roundabout close to the Eye Hospital in Colombo, and may have been the location of these Mills.

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.

The token was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 250 dpi.
I thank Bob Lyall of UK, for the scans of this token from his collection.