Unidentified - G A - S (small)
Ceylon Estate Token
A Locally manufactured token of the usual Ceylon style with the letters
G A and S (small) stamped incuse.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | pence |
| Alloy | AE |
| Diameter | 23.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Weight | 3.00 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #44 (larger)
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| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | pence |
| Alloy | AE |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 2.00 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #44
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| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | pence |
| Alloy | AE |
| Diameter | 19.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Weight | 2.05 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #Unlisted
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| Obverse : | G A (incuse)
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| Reverse : | S
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See also larger token of same issuer. Both
listed in Dick Ford Collection (1995 Feb 23 Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio
Auction#19 lot #272 part).
The first Token with 2 specimens from Shiran Cruse of equal weight and
size are larger and heavier than Token with GA and S recorded in
Pridmore #44. The second Token from Collection of Bob Lyall of UK
matches Pridmore. The Last Token of equal weight and size to #44 does not
have GA stamped, but has S stamped on reverse in same font and size.
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.
The token was scanned at 600 dpi and the images are displayed at 250 dpi.
I thank Bob Lyall of UK, for the scans of this token from his collection.
Upper Image from Mark Freehill collection of Ceylon tokens
Noble.com.AU Auction 126 2021 March 24th lot
1230(part) [6] also stated as 23.5 mm.