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CEYLON: AE token, ND (1881), AU

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia & Middle-East Start Price:45.00 USD Estimated At:60.00 - 80.00 USD
CEYLON: AE token, ND (1881), AU
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This item SOLD at 2022 Jul 12 @ 11:41UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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CEYLON: AE token, ND (1881), Prid-96, Prid-96, Lowsley-35, George Steuart & Co. Wekande Mills coffee token, featuring two women at work; one filling a sack inscribed GS&C, one tiny spot, AU. This token were issued in 1881 for the firm of George Steuart & Co. merchants, bankers, estate and commission agents, which was started in 1835. This type token was designed by the manager, Mr Charles Hendry and circulated at the value of 19 cents at the time. This was probably the last Coffee token issued and the only token recorded that bear inscriptions in native scripts, although neither are correct, in Sinhala and Tamil.