Kier Swan & Co., Ceylon
< 1869 - 4½d

A 4½d Token issued in Ceylon, before 1869 for Kier Swan & Co. It was probably struck in England.

SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination4½ pence
AlloyAE
Diameter24.5 mm
Thickness mm
Weight4.10 gms
Shaperound
EdgeMilled
DieAxis
Issue
ksco_4hd_obverse ksco_4hd_reverse
Lowsley Unlisted Pridmore #60

Obv. : --.--
K.S.CO.
--.--
within a beaded circle inside raised rim.
Rev. : 4D½ within a beaded circle inside raised rim.

It has a small notch cut into it like the M.D.D.Co token.

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. Tokens

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.