Ceylon Company Limited
St. Sebastian Mills
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 | 9 pence |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 31. mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 12.63 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Atkins #96 Lowsley #(30) Pridmore #(17) Mitchiner #(2235)
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| Obverse : | a tame elephant facing left with CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED . * .
along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.
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| Reverse : | C at center - ST. SEBASTIAN MILLS . * .
along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.
Holed and Counter Marked by centered integer.
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This Token has been CounterMarked by 17 which is coincidentally
the Pridmore Ceylon Token catalog #.
Jan Lingen has the same Token coutermarked by 189
Lot #265 of Richard Ford collection (in Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auctions
#19 Ceylon 1995 February 23. Singapore) has two listed with countermarks
127 & 216
The Collection displayed at Bank of Ceylon in Colombo has two with countermarks
807 & 1187
Chis Hamöller felt it might have been "reused" as a work tally or
worker ID/check at maybe The Eastern Produce and Estates Co.,
Ltd. 1888 (former owner of Ceylon Company Limited). Similar usage is
known by Netherlands East Indies Estate tokens.
The token is imaged at 300dpi and displayed at
200dpi.
It is from 2003 September listing of eBay Auction I lost to
Christian Hamöller of Germany.