Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical and Art Medals

Ceylon, a USA Cent, 1802, obverse counterstamped with TC incuse (Prid. 115). Coin only mediocre, counterstamp fine

This countermark was provisionally assigned to Ceylon by Pridmore because he had seen many similar of them on early Ceylanese coppers. An association with the Colombo merchant Tatham & Co, who issued their own tokens after 1861, is a possibility