Catalogue
India, British, Assam tea gardens and general, A(nglo) A(merican Direct Tea Trading Co.) issued Nellampatty, Malabar, S. India three annas in copper, edge grained or milled (Pridmore 4a). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $50
SOLD $380
India, British, Assam Tea Centre, Perendatye, No 2, 2 bushells in brass (31.5mm) milled edge with central hole. Fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $220
India, British, Calcutta Mint, Bengal Famine Relief token 1874, in brass, edge grained (Pridmore 32). Nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,000
India, British, Tea Gardens, K(anan) D(evan) H(ills) P(roduce) Co L(t)d, four annas (c1899) in brass by R.Heaton & Sons (Pridmore 49); another but for two annas (Pridmore 50). Extremely fine; very good. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $300
India, British, Assam Tea Gardens, Looba Cherra, Sylhet, 1873 in brass with central hole (Pridmore 62). Spotted, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $700
India, British, Assam Tea Gardens, Lungla Division/Lungla (Sylhet) Tea Co LD. in brass with central hole (Pridmore 69); Mazdehee Tea Co. Ltd., Sylhet, three annas in brass with central hole (Pridmore 76). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
India, British, Assam Tea Gardens, Noon Cherra, Sylhet 1873 in brass, triangular central hole (Pridmore 84). Spotted, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $750
India, British, Assam Tea Gardens, Parbutpore, Sylhet, in brass with central hole (Pridmore 93). Fine/very good.
Estimate $40
SOLD $360
India, British, Assam Tea Gardens, Sagurnal (Division, Sylhet) Mule 10 and 9 pice (1897) in brass by R.Heaton & Sons (Pridmore 119). Good extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $1,500
India, British, Southern India Coffee Company, VM/I.B. (one bushell) in brass (Pridmore 147); another but CM/I.B. (Pridmore 148). Edge nick in first otherwise, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $380
India, British, Assam Tea Estate, Udna T(ea) E(state) Kajalolhara, Sylhet in brass (29mm); another (24mm) (Pridmore 153, 154). Good fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $400
India, British, Canteen and Club tokens, Ammunition Factory C5, Kirkee (Poona) in copper with central hole (Pridmore 157), another in brass but no central hole (Pridmore 158). Very fine; good very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, British, canteen tokens, Apollo Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 159), Baroda Mill Society in brass, square with 1/2 value (Pridmore 161); B(uckingham) & C(arnatic) Mills (Madras) in nickel (Pridmore 162), another but square (Pridmore 163). Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
India, British, canteen tokens, C(entury) S(pinning) & M(anufacturing) Co. Ltd (Bombay), one (Pridmore 164); another but for 4 (annas) (Pridmore 164A) (Thakar 100.1.C.5), another for 1/2 (anna) (Pridmore 165). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
India, British, Canteen tokens, C(oimbatore) (Spinning) & W(eaving) Mills Ltd (Madras) in brass (Pridmore 166); Hind Mills Ltd (Bombay) one anna in nickel (20mm) another, round scalloped (24mm), rice plate (Pridmore 169, not in Thakar). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
India, British, HM I(ndian) Dockyard Co-operative Canteen (Bombay) in copper (21mm) (Pridmore 170), another similar but holed; HM's Mint, Lahore, one anna in copper (26mm) (Pridmore 174). Nearly extremely fine; nearly very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
India, British, canteen tokens, Hitlow, 1 anna in brass (21mm) (Pridmore 175A); ICF PER in nickel 1 (anna) and 1/2 (anna) (Pridmore 176, 177); I.M.U.M canteen, in copper (20mm) round rev. 1 anna within a triangle (cf Pridmore 178; Thakar 100.1.1.5); India United Mills, Ballard Estate, Bombay, one anna, in brass, square (Pridmore 179A, Thakar 100.1.1.17); half anna (Pridmore 179). Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
India, British, canteen tokens, Khatau Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 182); Kohinoor Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 183); Laxmi Cotton Mills (Pridmore 184); M(adras) S(outhern) M(ahratta) R(ailway) (Madras) (Pridmore 185); Morarjee Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 189); another in brass (Pridmore 189A, not in Thakar in this metal). Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $250
India, British, Port or Dock tokens, Bombay Port Trust Docks, Worker, octagonal in bronze (33mm) stamped 74317*; another, round in bronze (39mm) stamped BX2 /9569/ XXX; Bombay Custom House, Gate Ticket, rev D no (stamped) 257 in copper (31mm). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
India, British, canteen tokens; Mysore Gold Mine (Pridmore 190, 191); New City Mill (Bombay) (Pridmore 192), another but aluminium (not in Thakar); New Great Mill in copper (Thakar 100.1.N10); New Kaisers Hind Mill (Bombay) (Pridmore 194 (2, one slightly smaller)); Prabha Mills (Pridmore 195), similar but 1/2 value (Pridmore 197); Raghuvanshi Mill (Pridmore 199). Nearly very fine - good very fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
India, British, Assam, Silchar, canteen tokens, value 4 (Pridmore 200A); value 1 (Pridmore 201); value 8 (Thakar 100.6.4.). Extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $320
India, British, canteen tokens, Sayaji Mills Society (Baroda) (Pridmore 203); Shree Niwas Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 204); Soldiers Club, Shillong (Assam) value 1 (Pridmore 205), value 2 and value 4 (Pridmore 205B, A) (not in Thakar); Tata Mills (Bombay) (Pridmore 207). Very fine - good extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $220
India, British and later, coffee mills and general tokens, The Apollo Mills Limited (Bombay), 1/2 A(nna) (Thakar 100.1.A.9); Beco Canteen 1 unit stamped 'Beco/Canteen 1961'; Bharat Petroleum Wadilube Canteen in aluminium (26mm) (C.B5.1); Burmark-Shell Canteen, Value 2, another value 5, in brass (Thakar 100.7.67); Burhampur Tapti Mill 1/2 anna in brass (Thakar 100.1.B.9); C.C.I. (Cricket Club of India) Ltd, 10 NP (new paise) square in brass (22mm) (Thakar 100.7.10), another for 5 NP in brass round (18mm); C.O.D. Chheoki in brass (20mm); C.W.D. 1 (anna) in brass (18mm); Cafe Iran, scalloped in brass (21mm) (Bombay?); Castle Mills C.C.S. Ltd 1 unit in silvered-brass (Thakar 100.1.C.1). Fine - extremely fine. (12)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
India, British and later, coffee mills and general canteen tokens; CAD Pulgaon Tea canteen in brass (20mm); DCC, Sika 1 (anna) in brass (20mm) D.C. Mills in brass square (20mm) Dhanraj Mills, Bombay 1/2 (anna) in brass square (20mm), another round 1 (anna) in brass (20mm); Elphinstone Mill (Bombay) round (20mm) and square (20mm) in bronze; The Empire DYC 10 paise in brass (20mm); K.B.A.G. & Co Army Contractor 1/2 anna credit ticket in brass (21mm) stamped '70' (Thakar 100.8.17); K.C.M.E. Co C & S Society in brass (20mm); Kandala Gujera Salt Mines (United Salt Works), Free Trade Zone in brass (26mm) square, legend in Hindi only; KD Canteen 2 annas in zinc (30mm) round bracteate, Khatam Mills 1/2 anna in brass (20mm), The Khatam Mills in brass (20mm), in aluminium (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.K.4). Fair - nearly extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
India, British and later, canteen and general tokens; K.V.Pendharber, 1 and 4 annas in cupro-nickel (19 and 22mm); S.M. Ltd, 4 annas, oval in copper (20x13mm); Tele. Storeyard Sahakari Samiti, Jabalpur, in bronze (20mm) round and square (19mm) and scalloped aluminium (18mm); Sayaji Mills, Baroda, .02 (paise) in brass scalloped (18mm); Siemens India in bronze (24mm) stamped 389; Burhanpur Tapti Mill, 5 (paise) in aluminium (17mm); M.S.Umaid Mills, Pali, Rajasthan, 1/4, 1/2 and 1 anna in brass (17mm, 20mm, 20mm) (Thakar 100.1.M.2, 3 (1/4 not listed); V.M.EM M P Co Cr. Soc. in brass value 10; W(est) C(oast) P(aper) Mills Ltd, in aluminium (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.W.2). Fine - nearly extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
India, British, coffee mills and general canteen tokens, King Carnival eight annas in nickel (21mm); May & Baker, round (21mm) and square (17mm) in brass (Thakar 100.7.18, 19); Mohanram & Co., Madura, canteen in brass (21mm); Nepa Mills 1 (anna) in brass (20mm); The Phoenix Mills (Bombay) in brass (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.P.3); P.B. Mills Co. Ltd in brass (15mm) (Thakar 100.1.P.1); Prakash Mills, 1 (anna) in nickel (20mm) another in brass (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.P.7, 8); Raghowanshi Mill (Bombay) in brass (21 mm) (Thakar 100.1.R.2); R(aymond) W(oolen) Mills, Thana (near Bombay) 1/2 and 1 anna in bronze (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.R.4, 5); Ruby Mills, Dadar (Bombay) 1 (anna) in brass (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.R.6). Very good - nearly extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $200
SOLD $130
India, British, canteen tokens and others in Hindi languages only; N.M. Mills, 2 annas, canteen token/ Hindi legend reverse in brass (22mm) (Thakar 100.1.N.2); India United Mills, Bombay, in aluminium (21mm) Thakar 100.1.1.9), another hexagonal (Thakar 100.1.1.10); Model Mills Ltd, Nagpur, in cupro-nickel (21mm) scalloped (Thakar 100.1.M.6); Shree Madhusadan Mills in nickled brass (20mm) (Thakar 100.1.5.12) another in brass; Hind Mills Ltd (Bombay) in cupro-nickel square (20mm) 2 (annas) (Thakar 100.1.H.12), unknown, Moose design in brass round (21mm); hexagonal in brass (21mm), uniface 1 (anna) cast in brass (24mm); rectangular in copper (19x17mm) unidentified round with central hole, rectangular in square. Poor - good very fine. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
India, British and later, Mint canteen tokens, I.G. Mint Bombay 5 (paise) in brass (20mm) (Thakar 100.2.24), I.G. Mint Alipore 28 in brass and copper, 50 paise in brass (24mm) (2) 1 rupee in copper (21mm), 5 and 10 (2) paise in aluminium; I.G. Mint Bombay worker's tally in bronze stamped 1335 (scalloped) (35mm) India Government Mint Bombay Proof set (medallion), 1972 in bronze, square (29mm); (Thakar 100.2.18-20, 22-24). Fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
India, British, Military tokens, E(lectrical) M(echanical) E(ngineers) Army W/S, 506, in copper (24mm), XVIII Hussars Coffee Shop I R(upee) in brass (Pridmore 210A), 8 annas in copper (Pridmore 210), 4 annas and 2 annas (Pridmore 211, 212). The first holed, very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $300
India, British, Military tokens, North Lancashire Regt., 3 pice in brass (19mm) (2) (Yarwood IT030); Madras Presidency, Royal Artillary canteen, 11 dubs in bronze (31.7mm) (Pridmore 344), also 10 dubs cut in half for half value; Regimental Institues, credit ticket, 2 annas, rev. K.B.Abdual Gaffor, Contractor, 421 above (Pridmore 220B) (Yarwood IT043). Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $330