S & Co (Sabonodière & Co.)
1877 - Maddema Mills

A white metal (tin) token, issued by Sabonadière & Co., with nominal value, 18¾ cents for use in the Maddema Mills situated at Slave Island, Colombo. These tokens disappeared from use in the coffee crisis of 1884 and the mills passed to the ownership of Messrs. Cumberbatch & Co.

SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination18¾ cents
AlloyTin
Diameter29.2 mm
Thickness mm
Weight5.18 gms
Shaperound
EdgePlain
DieAxisO°
 1877_maddema_mills_obverse 1877_maddema_mills_reverse
Lowsley #20 Pridmore #87

Obverse : S. & C O. (Sabonodiere&Co.) between ornamental scrolls
within beaded circle inside raised rim.
Reverse : MADDEMA
MILLS
1877.		 within beaded circle inside raised rim.

For more details see webpage for the Ambewatte Mills token of same year and similer design issued by the same firm.

The VF token was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 250 dpi. It was purchased in in 2005 June, from Baldwins, London, UK.