Ceylon, Colmbo, Carey Strachan & Co Union Mills token
Obverse : Centered UNION MILLS CAREY STIRACHAN & CO_
* COLOMBO * along periphary within beaded circle inside raised rim.
Reverse : Centered large 1 within beaded circle inside raised rim.
A copper token of about the size of a bronze penny. These tokens were struck in England about the year 1873, and represented 17 cents each.
The Union Mills, Union Place, Slave Island, Colombo, employed over 500 hands for curing coffee etc.
Edge: Plain Diameter: 32mm. Traces of lustre

Sold April 2011