CEYLON: AE token, ND (1881), Prid-96, Lowsley-35, George Steuart & Co. coffee token, featuring two women at work; one filling a sack inscribed GS&C, a superb quality example! PCGS graded MS65 RB, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. This token was issued in 1881 for the firm of George Steuart & Co. (merchants, bankers, estate and commission agents), which was started in 1835. This type of token was designed by the manager, Mr. Charles Hendry and circulated at the value of 19 cents at the time. This was probably the last Coffee token issued and the only token recorded that bear inscriptions in native scripts, although neither are correct, in Sinhala and Tamil.
Estimate: 100-150 USD