Ceylon Token 1869-1870 Carey Strachan & Co. Colombo - Union Mills. PCGS MS62

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Certification details

PCGS Certification number: 44994332

Grade: MS62

Nominal value: Token

Year: 1843

Mintage: 2700000

Name: (1869-70) Token Carey Strachan & Co. Bronze Colombo - Union Mills

Country: Ceylon

Material: Bronze

Major Variety: Carey Strachan & Co.

Catalog Number: PCGS 902673

PCGS Catalog Number: 902673

1869-1870, Ceylon. Large Copper "Carey Strachan & Co." 1 Unit Token. PCGS MS62!

Mint year: 1869-1870
References: Pridmore 14.
Mint Place: Birmingham (UK) 
Condition: Certified and graded by PCGS as MS62!
Denomination: 1 Unit (Token) - Union Mills of Colombo - Carey Strachan & Co.
Weight: ca. 11.2gm
Material: Bronze
Diameter: 32mm

Obverse: Large value numeral (1).

Reverse: Inscription (UNION MILLS) surrounded by company name ("CAREY STRACHAN & Co.) and region (COLOMBO), separated by five-spiked stars.




CAREY, STRACHAN & CO. was established in 1869 under the name of Carey and Strachan, the partners being L. St. George Carey and Charles Strachan. In or about 1873 the name was changed to Carey, Strachan & Co.

L. St. George Carey died in 1875, and in 1887 the name of the firm was again changed, this time to Charles Strachan & Co. In 1896, a company was formed in London, the objects being to acquire, carry on and develop certain tea estates, the central tea factory known as the Galaha Factory, the freehold property known as the Union Mills, and the General and Agency business of Charles Strachan & Co.

The Union Mills, Union Place, Slave Island, Colombo, employed over 500 hands for curing coffee etc.

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