WORLD Coins
Ceylon - Token / 19 Cents 1843 (1881), Copper, G. STEUART & CO., ESTATES TOKENS Date within plain and rope circles GEORGE STEUART & Co̲ above and ★ COLOMBO ★ below. Rev. two women at work, one filling a sack inscribed GS&C, all within a rope and plain circle with 'Sinhalese script' · WEKANDE · 'Tamil script' above and · MILLS · below.Pridm. 96.Issued in 1881 and designed by Charles Hendry, manager of the mills. The Sinhalese and Tamil inscriptions are both incorrect, the Sinhalese should read VAKANDE and the Tamil omits one letter.Some original color Extremely fine