Want List for Lanka Coin Collection as of 2001-Aug-23
Ceylon Coffee Mills Tokens (Mid 19th Century British Colonial Era)
Looking for light toned VF tokens (U.S. grade) suitable
for scanning for a website.
Pridmore catalogs 120 of which most are of local fabrication.
Only about a dozen have mint dates. Mitchiner lists a subset of 15 pieces
struck in well equipped mints in England or India of which 3 have
issue year inscribed on the coin. Listed below are those included in Mitchiner
and any associated with them (flagged with +), and represent the more
common tokens from Ceylon.
Catalog # from Mitchiner pages 273-275
M2233 Cu Union Mills 1 6 pence 10.5gm ND (c. 1873) : ND XF
M2235 Cu Sebastian Elephant C 9 pence 12.5gm ND (c. 1866) : ND VF
M2235+ Cu Sebastian Elephant B 4 1/2 pence 7.0gm ND (c. 1866) : ND XF
M2236 Cu Sebastian Elephant A 2 1/4 pence 3.5gm ND (c. 1866) : ND VF
M2237 Cu Darley, Butler "SUN" ? pence 19.9gm 1860 36 mm : 1860 XF
M2237+ Cu Darley, Butler "SUN" ? pence 10.9gm 1860 29 mm :
M2238 Cu GRP&Co 4D1/2 (noid) 4 1/2 pence 4. gm ND ( < 1870) :
M2239 Cu JPJ 19 CENTS 19 Cents 4.3gm ND (c. 1876) : ND XF
M2240 Cu KDCo(Mon) SailingShip 4 1/2 pence 7. gm ND : ND XF
M2240a Cu KDCo(Mon) Totoise 4 1/2 pence 7. gm ND : ND VF
M2240+ Cu KDCo(Mon) Elephant 4 1/2 pence 7. gm ND : ND VF
M2241 Cu Colpetty Mills TeaPla 4 1/2 pence 7.6gm 1867 : 1867 VF
M2241+ Cu Demattagode Mills 4 1/2 pence 7.6gm 1876 : 1876 VF
M2242 Cu MDD&Co 4D 1/2 (noid) 4 1/2 pence 4. gm ND ( < 1870) : ND XF
M2243 Cu Pilo Fernando QVic 4 1/2 pence 4.3gm ND ( < 1870) : ND VF (weld)
M2243+ Cu Pilo Fernando QVic 2 1/4 pence 4.1gm ND ( < 1870) : ND XF
M2244 Cu JM Robertson Vauxhall 4 1/2 pence 10.3gm ND ( 1868) : ND VF+
M2244+ Cu JM Robertson Oil Yard 4 1/2 pence 10.3gm ND (1868) OY : ND VF+
M2245 Cu A B Scott and Co 4 1/2 pence 8. gm 1859 : 1859 VF
M2246 Cu George Steuart 1843 19 Cents 7.9gm ND (1881) : ND XF
M2247 Cu M(mon) GW&Co 4 1/2 pence 7.9gm ND (1866) :
M2247+ Cu C(mon) GW&Co 4 1/2 pence 7.9gm ND (1866) : ND XF
Cu George Steuart & Co 4 1/2 pence 2.3gm 1828 C/M 1/2f : ND VF
AL Alistons, Scott, & Co 4 1/2 pence 4.5gm ND (1853) : ND XF
Vu Hultsdorf Mills 25 Cents 3.2gm ND (1872) : ND XF
Cu Slave Island Mills 18 3/4 Cents 8.0gm 1876 : 1876 VF
Cu Ambawatte Mills 18 3/4 Cents 8.0gm 1877 : 1877 VF