Token - A and B Scott and Co. Colombo

Features

Location	Sri Lanka › Ceylon (1597-1972)
Type	Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Year	1859
Composition	Mosiądz
Weight	8.17 g
Diameter	29 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 167551
References	Pr# 88 Fred Pridmore. Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the End of the Reign of George VI 1952. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , TC# 244965 TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

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Obverse

Głowa jelenia. Automatically translated

Lettering:
A & B. SCOTT & CO.
COLOMBO

Reverse

Stojący słoń zwrócony w lewo. Automatically translated

Lettering:
COFFEE STORE
1859

Edge

Trzcina Automatically translated

Mint

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)

Comments

A. & B. SCOTT & Co. założona około 1854 roku firma Alex & Binney Scott posiadała ważną agencję dla Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, jednego z pierwszych banków, które założyły agencję w Kolombo.

Żeton został wybity przez firmę Ralph Heaton & Sons z Birmingham i był używany w Borella Mills. Firma połączyła się z macierzystą firmą Alston Scott & Co w 1871 roku, a młyn sprzedany firmie Carson Morris & Co został rozebrany w 1883 roku. Automatically translated

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

A. & B. SCOTT & Co. founded around 1854 the firm Alex & Binney Scott held the important agency for the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, one of the earliest banks to establish an agency in Colombo.

The token was struck by Ralph Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, and was used in the Borella Mills. The firm merged back with the parent firm Alston Scott & Co in 1871 and the mill sold to Carson Morris & Co was pulled down in 1883.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1859

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