| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | 4 ½ pence |
| Alloy | Brass |
| Diameter | 28.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
| Weight | 9.90 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Plain |
| DieAxis | 0° |
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| Lowsley Unlisted; Pridmore #27; Mitchiner #2237a | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Obverse : | Radiate Sun Face in center DARLEY, BUTLER & CO. * | along periphery within dot circle inside raised rim. |
| Reverse : | 1860 in center COLOMBO, CEYLON along periphery within dot circle inside raised rim. |
For more details, see larger token of identical design with diameter 36. mm and 19.86 grams. The pair of tokens represent a full and half task, possibly 9d. and 4½D values, for picking a full and half bag of clean coffee.
The 600 dpi images are displayed at 200 dpi.
I thank
Shiran Cruse, Kandy, Sri Lanka, for this scan of the token from his
collection now with me.