CEYLON (NOW KNOWN AS SRI LANKA). Colombo Commercial Co. Slave Island Mills. Brass token. 30 mm. 1876. An orange within a wreath of orange leaves; SLAVE ISLAND MILLS around / A tea bush; THE COLOMBO COMMERCIAL CO LIMITED around, 1876 below (The company was involved with coffee export). Pridmore 22. PCGS MS65. Plantation token issued for coffee exportation.

Ex Steve Album Auction 31 (17 May 2018) lot 911 ($500).

Ceylon abolished slavery in 1845 but a part of Colombo is still called Slave Island based on a use of this area that occurred before 1845. One online resource (https://roar.media/english/life/srilanka-life/the-slave-island-that-we-have-forgotten/) notes that today Slave Island is "one of downtown Colombo's major hotspots today."