| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | pence |
| Alloy | AE |
| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 2.70 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | Punches G A (incuse) |
| Reverse : | blank except for Mirror of incuse Punch |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | Punches G A with O above (incuse) |
| Reverse : | blank except for Mirror of incuse Punch |
See also smaller token of same issuer. Both listed in Dick Ford Collection (1995 Feb 23 Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio Auction#19 lot #272 part).
Early Ceylon Estate Tokens were crude productions such as simple incuse stamps on metal blanks or worn coins. Others were roughly minted. The appearance of forgeries forced planters to have better quality pieces struck in India or Britain.
Speculation: Could GA stand for Gona Adika Estate, the name of which is minted on Tokens (Pridmore #48,#49)
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.
Better images from Mark Freehill collection of Ceylon tokens Noble.com.AU Auction 126 2021 March 24th lot 1230(part) [4] above and [5] below.