Ceylon, Colombo, Mathes Williams & Co., 4 1/2d, obv. M.W & Co., rev. 4 1/2d, copper, edge grained, 24.5mm (Prid. 111; Ford 293). Very fine, rare £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: bt. A. H. Baldwin & Sons, 1992

Issued about 1868 the mills in which the tokens were used was situated in Dam Street, Colombo