1942? - Ceylon

G.P.O. Counter-marked 10-cents coin

A both side GPO countermarked 10 cent coin from Ceylon which was used in General Post Office phone Booths like the minted G.P.O. crown token.

SPECIFICATIONS Denomination Ten cents Alloy Silver Diameter 15.5 mm Thickness 0.75 mm Weight 1.14 gms Shape Round Edge Plain DieAxis O°
	Unpublished

Obverse : GPO counter-mark on George VI portrait of silver coin. Faint mirror impression of reverse countermark.
Reverse : GPO counter-mark on CEYLON 1941 10-cents Talipot palm. Faint mirror impression of obverse countermark.

If this counter-mark is real did it predate the GPO Phone token. During WWII, 3-month may not been enough time to get the special GPO tokens minted to continue operating the Phone Booths. A counter-mark may have been put on the demonetized 10 cents coins as a temporary measure to make them legal to use as a Phone booth token.