Ceylon Company Limited

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°

Issue

sebastian_mills_c_obverse sebastian_mills_c_reverse

Atkins #96 Lowsley #30 Pridmore #17 Mitchiner #2235
Obverse : CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED
. * . an elephant facing left within a circle. Reverse : - ST. SEBASTIAN MILLS
C
. * . within a circle. Holed and Counter Marked.

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.