| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 1 Unit |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 31.5 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 9.45 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Obverse : | A W 1 | (incuse) |
| Reverse : | blank |
Pridmore notes it is well made and neatly stamped.
The number 1 is assumed to represent a full task.
There many such locally manufactured tokens of similar fabric and style with issuer unknown.
For example CY 1 P#25 full token; P#26 half token;
MD 1 P#71 token;
TK 1 token; P#103 half token;
The availability of some which have ½ stamped incuse for half task,
which is the justification of them being called coffee tokens.
Reference
* 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.
Image of token ex Pridmore Collection from B&W print scanned ex Dick Ford Collection (1995 Feb 23 Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction#19 lot #262 part), and colorized with Photo-Shop. Displayed at 200 dpi.