| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 4 1/2 d |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 26.6 mm |
| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
| Weight | 7.04 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
| Issue | |
1866 - Kandy - Elephant
Brass Tokens struck in London and issued in 1866, by company founded
in 1854 by Simon Keir, who was a planter in 1850 with partners
G. H. Dnndas and Captain John Keith Jolly. A large enterprise of
estate agents, general merchants and forwarding agents with office in
Kings Street, Kandy, Ceylon.
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| Obverse : | K. D. & Co. | in monogram within a beaded circle. |
| Reverse : | - A elephant facing left, within a beaded circle. |
This token is always bored for suspension with a small circular hole above
the elephant.
It was used at St. Sebastian Mills, Colombo (opposite side of the canal to the Ceylon Company's mills).
For more details on K. D. & Co. see the page on the tortoise token.
This image is from a Netherland dealer listing. I won this token in that eBay auction in 2004 February. This type of token was offered to me by a collector in Colombo but it had been silver plated.