19th Century Coins Counter Marked TC

Various early Ceylon and Foreign 19th Century coins Counter Marked TC (incuse) sometime between 1860 and 1890. Pridmore suspects they were used in Ceylon.

SPECIFICATIONS

Denomination pence

Alloy AE

Diameter mm

Thickness mm

Weight gms

Shape round

Edge Plain

DieAxis O°

Issue

tc_cm_obverse tc_cm_reverse

Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #115

Obverse : obverse or reverse of coin which is countermarked TC (incuse).
sometimes the Counter Marked coin face has been erased.
Reverse : obverse or reverse of coin which was not countermarked.

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 Numismatic Circular v. 67, no. 11 (Nov 1959), p. 203
The Numismatic Circular v. 68, no. 6 (June 1960), p. 131-132

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.

Obverse :	obverse or reverse of coin which is countermarked TC (incuse). sometimes the Counter Marked coin face has been erased.
Reverse :	obverse or reverse of coin which was not countermarked.