| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 19 cents |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 24.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Weight | 4.38 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Grained |
| DieAxis | 0° |
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| Lowsley #12 Pridmore #46 Mitchiner #2239 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | COLOMBO * | between plain circles around JPJ | at center, within a beaded circle inside raised rim. |
| Reverse : | CENTS * | between plain circles around 19 | at center, within a beaded circle inside raised rim. |
This very neat copper 19 cents token represented the usual price paid
for picking half a bag of clean coffee.
4½D converts to 18¾ cents at the legal 50 cents per shilling rate adopted
for Decimal currency in 1870.
18½ or 19 Cents have been used on Ceylon Coffee Tokens.
Reference
* Coins and Tokens
of Ceylon, Lieut. Col B. Lowsley, Num. Chron. Sr III Vol. XV, 1895.
* The Coins of British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the
reign of George VI 1952
Part 2 - Asian Territories by F. Pridmore Spink & Son Ltd., 1965.
* Oriental Coins CE 600 - 1979 by Michael Mitchiner 1979
The choice Uncirculated token was scanned at 300dpi and the images are
displayed at 250dpi.
It was purchased in 2002 May from a dealer in
USA.