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Auction 66  16-21 Nov 2020
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Lot 9106

Starting price: 20 EUR
Price realized: 33 EUR
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Ceylon - Tokens - Cu-Ni token G.P.O. CEYLON, used in General Post Office (G.P.O.) phone Booths. - XF / rare - In Ceylon 10 cent silver coins were used by the public to obtain calls through the manual exchange operator; the pieces are placed in the box on the request of the operator. During World War II, 10 cent coins were demonetized (3-Dec. 1942) and replaced by paper money and the Postal and Telecommunications department supplied these tokens to replace the 10 cent coins used in telephone boxes.
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