| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Full |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight | 9.26 gms |
| Shape | round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Lowsley #Unlisted Pridmore #29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | GREAT WESTERN ESTATE | with top and bottom lines along periphery within a beaded circle inside raised rim. |
| Reverse : | blank |
Pridmore catalogs smaller Half task value token (25mm 6.28grams) but even smaller (21mm) Quarter task Value token is unlisted.
In 1883 the Great Western Estate was a coffee plantation of 487 acres and 200 acres under tea Cultivation. Owners Dent Brothers & Co. (agent Whittaker & Co). It was situated at Dimbula in the District of Nuwara Eliya, in the Central. Province of Ceylon.
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 200 dpi.
I thank Bob Lyall of UK, for the scans of this token from his collection.