Ceylon, Ceylon Company Limited, coffee estate tokens (2), obv. CPC monogram, rev. beaded circle at the edge, task value 9d, brass, 28mm; similar, task value 4 1/2d, brass, 23mm (Prid. 20, 21; Ford 266; Colombo, The Colombo Commercial Co., obv. *THE COLOMBO COMMERCIAL CO LIMITED 1876 * around a tea bush; rev. SLAVE ISLAND MILLS, around a laurel wreath and a coffee bean (?), brass. edge grained, 30mm (Prid. 22; Ford 266) [3]. The first two near fine, the last good extremely fine with some slight staining £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: first bt. D. Vorley, 1987; second bt. R. J. Ford, 1995; last bt. A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 1987

Ceylon Plantations Ltd. was one of the earliest companys floated in Ceylon for the cultivation of coffee, cinchona and later tea. Colombo Commercial Co. was founded in London and Ceylon by John Burn in 1876. During the early years Slave Island Mills handled coffee, tea and artificial manures. Reportedly only 500 tokens struck