Ceylon Company Limited
St. Sebastian Mills - A

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
Denomination2¼ pence
AlloyBrass
Diameter19 mm
Thickness mm
Weight3.50 gms
ShapeRound
EdgePlain
DieAxis
Issue
sebastian_mills_a_obverse sebastian_mills_a_reverse
Atkins #98 Lowsley #28 Pridmore #19 Mitchiner #2236

Obverse : a tame elephant facing left with CEYLON COMPANY LIMITED . * . along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.
Reverse : C at center - ST. SEBASTIAN MILLS . * . along the periphary between a plain circle and beaded circle inside raised rim.

See C token for more details.

The token was scanned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 200dpi.
The very fine condition A token was obtained from a collector Chrysantha Goonatelleke in Lanka in 2000, September.