Item 515 out of 771
Lot # 515 - Bronze Tea Token of Kanan Devan Hill Produce Company.
Bronze Tea Token of Kanan Devan Hill Produce Company.
Bronze Tea Token of Kanan Devan Hill Produce Company. Bronze Tea Token of Kanan Devan Hill Produce Company.
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Tea Token, Kanan Devan Hill Produce Company Ltd. Munar (K.D.H.P. Co. Ltd), Bronze 2 Annas, Obv: the bust of Sir John Muir within inner circle, legend "TOKEN FOR 2 ANNAS" around, Rev: three-quarter view of a factory building with K.D.H.P. CO.LD. in the exergue, 6.6g, 26.31mm, (PR # 50), choice very fine, Extremely Rare.

Note: Kannan Devan Hill Produce Company controlled a large number of tea gardens in the Travancore area, Munar, Devikulam, South India and also in Assam. The bust depicts Sir John Muir, Bt. (1828-1903), who founded the company in 1897. Sir John Muir was head of the firm of James Finlay & Co., Glasgow, which had control of many tea, coffee and cinchona estates extending over a large area in North Travancore.