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Ceylon, estate token in brass, AW/1 (one bushell or full task equal to 4 1/2d) (Pridmore 7) locally manufactured. Some verdigris, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
Ceylon, estate token, Baker & Hall, Polwatty Mills in pewter (33mm) (Pridmore 8). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Ceylon, estate tokens, George Bird, obv. GB, rev. blank in brass (34mm) (Pridmore 9 ) (full task value or a cwt or 9d); another but (28mm) half value (Pridmore 10). Very good; good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $260
Ceylon (?), estate token, Bird & Co in brass (18mm) (1.93g), reverse blank (not in Pridmore). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Ceylon (?), estate token in brass (24mm) tea or coffee bush, reverse grill pattern, plain edge (not in Pridmore) (4.18g). Holed (as tally), good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Ceylon, estate tokens, Borron, A.G.K., in brass, another two in tin (both 19mm), another in tin (16mm) (Pridmore 11, 12, 13). Extremely fine; very fine (2); very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $280
Ceylon, estate tokens, Carey, Strachan & Co. Union Mills Colombo, rev. 1 undated (struck in England about 1873) value of 17 cents (Pridmore 14); Carson, Morris & Co., Borella Mills, Colombo, edge grained, (4.96g) (Pridmore 15 stated edge plain) struck in England 1864 and used to 1871. Good extremely fine; corroded and dented very good and rare. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Ceylon, estate tokens, The Colombo Commercial Co., Slave Island Mills, (value 18 3/4 cents) in brass, edge grained (Pridmore 22) another two holed as tallies, one stamped 29; Corbet, R.T., obv. RJC/1858, rev. G(on) G(alla) K(anada) coffee estate, bushell (value 4 1/2d) in brass, edge grained (24mm) (Pridmore 23). Nearly uncirculated, very good, fine; very fine, the last very rare. (4)
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
Ceylon, estate tokens, Ceylon Company Limited, St. Sebastian Mills, C token (=9d), another large hole and stamped 114 (as a tally), another four but stamped 25, 26, 31 and 293 (as tallies), A token (=2 1/4d) (Pridmore 17 (3), 18 (5), 19). Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
Ceylon, estate tokens, Ceylon Plantation Co., in brass (full value tally) reverse countermarked, E, another three with NA, another ND (Pridmore 20); half value tally edge grained (Pridmore 21). The last very fine with mount mark, others very good. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Ceylon, estate tokens, C.Y., value one bushel or 4 1/2d in copper (Pridmore 25) and half tokens or 2 1/4d (Pridmore 26), Darley, Butler & Co., Colombo 1860 in brass, for full task or 9d and half task 4 1/2d or a full and half bag of clean coffee (Pridmore 27 and 28). Very fine; extremely fine; good very fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
Ceylon, estate tokens, Dent Bros & Co., Great Western Estate, full value tokens (c1883) (Pridmore 29) (2) half value (Pridmore 30) (2). One of each holed, fair - fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $320
Ceylon, estate tokens, Fernardo, P., coffee picker's chits, issued prior to 1869 struck in England, 4 1/2d (Pridmore 33) and 2 1/4d (Pridmore 34). Traces of mint red, good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Ceylon, estate tokens, Fowlie, Richmond & Co., Jampetty Mills, 1866 full value (Pridmore 35); Freudenberg & Co., Colombo in aluminium tally stamp 13 incuse (Pridmore 36); FM, tally (Pridmore 37); Green & Co., J.P., issued 1858 for the Colpetty Mills, another holed and damaged (Pridmore 38). Fair - good extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $440
Ceylon, estate tokens, The Globe Club, Colombo, tally in brass stamped 14157 (Pridmore 40); Gunaratne, D.V., (c1869) 4 1/2d (Pridmore 41); G.R.P. & Co., (c1869) (Pridmore 42) (3, one holed, one gilt); GA, incuse stamped (Pridmore 43) (3, one stamped with O above GA (2.56g), half value, S incuse on reverse (23.5mm) (Pridmore 44) (2). Very good - nearly uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $800
Ceylon, estate tokens, Jayatilleka, J.P., JPJ Colombo 19 cents struck in England in 1876, value of half a bag of clear coffee (Pridmore 46) (3, two are silvered); J.A.R. & Co., Colombo, 18 cents in brass issued after 1870 (Pridmore 47). Very fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $400
Ceylon, estate tokens, JH & GS, Gona Adika, in white metal or lead, another countermarked O, two others countermarked OV (Pridmore 48) (4), half value (2, one countermarked O) (Pridmore 49) (2); J.M.R. & Co., stamped 19 (cents) (Pridmore 50); J.P., in zinc (Pridmore 51). Fair - very fine. (8)
Estimate $200
SOLD $500
Ceylon, estate tokens, Keir, Dundas & Co., struck in England in 1866 with value of 4 1/2d, Colombo, Small Pass Mills (Pridmore 52) (2), St. Sebastian Mills (Pridmore 53) (holed), Upland Mills, Mutual, Colombo (Pridmore 54). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $600
Ceylon, estate tokens, Keir Dundas & Co., in brass, Upland Mills, Colombo, countermarked tallies all holed at top (Pridmore 55, 56 D below, 56a D on tortoise, 57 (2), 58, 59, 59a DS on tortise). Fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Ceylon, estate tokens, Keir, Swan & Co., in copper, 4 1/2d (Pridmore 60) (with nick out of edge as a marker); Lee, Hedges & Co. Colpetty Mills 1867 in brass (4 1/2d) (Pridmore 61) (3, one silvered, one holed stamped 17); Demattagodde Mills, 1876 in brass (18 1/2 cents) (Pridmore 62). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Ceylon, estate tokens, Leechman, G & W, Hultsdorf Mills, Colombo 9d in tin (c1865) (Pridmore 63) (this piece). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $70
SOLD $220
Ceylon, estate tokens, Hultsdorf Mills, Colombo, issued 1872 value 25 cents later one bag of coffee, in black vulcanite and brown vulcanite (Pridmore 64, 64a). Second chipped, otherwise extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Ceylon, estate tokens, Hultsdorf Mills, Colombo in red vulcanite, issued 1872, one without beaded inner rim on the obverse (Pridmore 65, 66). Extremely fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $440
Ceylon, estate tokens, Mackwoods & Co., in tin, Maradahn Mills, Colombo (c1860) (Pridmore 67); Maclachlan, Mackenzie & Co., MM (c1860) (Pridmore 68); M & Co., in copper (Pridmore 70); MD, one unit in copper (Pridmore 71). Very fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $400
Ceylon, estate tokens, M.D.D. & Co., in copper 4 1/2d (c1865) (Pridmore 72) (4, one holed, one with one edge nick marker, another with two edge nick markers); M.G. full value task in brass with large hole and stamped 22, on reverse stamped O (as described in Pridmore 73) half value task stamped O on reverse (Pridmore 74). Very good - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
Ceylon, estate tokens, NF in brass (Pridmore 77); Perera, D.P., Colombo 19 cents in brass (Pridmore 78); P.M.T., in brass (Pridmore 79) (3, two holed, one in copper). Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $280
Ceylon, estate tokens, Robertson & Co., J.M. issued c1868 for the Oil-yard Mills Slave Island, Colombo (4 1/2d) (Pridmore 80); another but for Vauxhall Mills, Slave Island, Colombo (4 1/2d) (Pridmore 83); Rudd Bros., in tin c1874 Ibanwala Mills (Pridmore 83); Sabonadiere & Co., in brass Ambewatte Mills 1877 (Pridmore 86), Maddema Mills 1877 (Pridmore 87) (3), Scott & Co., A & R., in brass, 1859, (Borella Mills, value sixpence) (Pridmore 88). Very good - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Ceylon, estate tokens, Shand & Co., C., Galle in brass (4 1/2d) (Pridmore 89), reverse PS (Pridmore 90) (2.77g) (Pridmore 90) reverse SS (Pridmore 91 (2.79g); Silvar, N.D.P., Plumbago Stores in brass (7.08g) (Pridmore 92); Sogsa, C.H.de, in brass (Pridmore 93) (3, one countermarked (or engraved), 23 on the reverse). Fair - nearly extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $600
Ceylon, estate tokens, Steuart, G. & Co., GS & Co. incuse countermarked twice on obverse only of 1855 halfpenny, on both sides once on 1856 halfpenny, once on reverse of 1815 one stiver, on both sides once on 1815 one stiver, once only on reverse of 1802 one stiver (Pridmore 94) (5); on both sides of 1856 half farthing. Very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $800
Ceylon, estate tokens, Steuart, George & Co, Wekande Mills, in copper issued in 1881 for 19 cents value (Pridmore 96); Swan & Co., J., 1856, (Coconut Oil Mills), St. Sebastian Mills, Colombo (Pridmore 97), countermarked WT incuse upside down above factory building (Pridmore 98) (2), Marandhan Store, Colombo, 1856 (Pridmore 99). The first full original mint red uncirculated, others fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $360