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Central Africa, Charles H.Aston, advertising ticket in brass (22mm) milled edge, Birmingham and S.Paul de Loanda, struck from re-touched obverse die (as Pridmore lot 675 and Ford lot 392). Nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $500
Passed in
Central Africa, Nyassa Company, 10 reis, 1894 H, in bronze, same legend both sides (see Sweeney p.189) (Hern 394d). Red and brown uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
Central Africa, Nyassa Company, 20 reis, 1894 H, in bronze, same legend both sides (see Sweeney p.189) (Hern 394c). Red and brown uncirculated and extremely rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,000
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in red plastic (37mm) for 2sh/8d. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in red plastic (37mm) for 2sh/8d. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in red plastic (33mm) for 2sh/6d. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in red plastic (28mm) for 1sh. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in black plastic (37mm) for 8d. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token (33mm) for 4d in black plastic. Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Central Africa, Nyasaland, Blantyre, Kubula store token in black plastic 1d (28mm). Good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $180
Central Africa, Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Municipality, 4th Novr; 1897, uniface badge in silver (25 x 31mm) with integral loop mount with ring (see Ford sale lot 382). Attractive gold tone, good extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Central Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Golden Ridge Concession Store, uniface shilling (illus) and sixpence in brass (32mm) and (26mm), undated but circa 1930 (Hern 236a,b). The second holed otherwise fine, the first good very fine and rare thus. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Central Africa, Rhodesia, advertising ticket or medalet in white metal (32mm) Gunston (cigarettes) presented by Wintsons of Salisbury, Rhodesia; Rhodesia, Women's Auxilliary League blue enamelled brass badge silvered (24mm) by Fattorini Birmingham; Indian rupee 1944 with obverse shaved and engraved with tobacco plant flower Avis-Cowdrey below. Very fine-extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $60
SOLD $70
Ceylon, coffee estate token or tally, Allemakkoon, J., Colombo, 18 1/2 cents in brass (c1870) (equivalent to picking half a cut of clean coffee) (Pridmore 1). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $110
Ceylon, estate token in lead, uniface (1853-4), Alstons, Scott & Co. Columbo (Pridmore 2); A.A., 3 annas, in copper, edge grained (Pridmore 3). Very fine; good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
SOLD $550
Ceylon, estate tokens in zinc, AKB'DA/25/CENTS (Pridmore 4), another but for 10 CENTS (Pridmore 5) both local manufactured issues after 1869. Oxidised, otherwise fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Ceylon, estate token, A.P. P/1866 (4 1/2d task value) (Pridmore 6), another but with large hole (as a tally). Very fine; fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $200
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