I picked this up during my last LCS visit. I figured it was some kind of token, but a Google search yields not a single match. It's hard to believe no one has ever posted anywhere about this, but I can't find anything. Anyone have any knowledge about this? I also considered that it is some kind of toy money but still I can't find anything.
My first thought was the "2 Cents" side was a host coin for a private strike on the reverse about Irv Niemoeller. Would "Irv" possibly be a nickname for Martin Niemoeller? He was a fairly prominent fellow.
There was no 1958 Ceylon 2 cents made, and the ones from around that time period look different. And just Googling Irv Niemoeller doesn't yield any matches so I don't think it's related to Martin. Irv would usually be Irving.
There was a set of books back in the 1950's (?) by a fellow named Pridmore or Pridemore (Spelling?) that many list this.
Might be this fellow: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151620809/irvin-robert-niemoeller He would've been 31 in 1958. I found a picture of him at age 19. https://archive.org/details/classmates-yearbook-14183-1946-walnut-hills-high-school/page/46/mode/2up?q="Irvin+Niemoeller" It's possible Ceylon is referring to the name of a business, not the country. But I don't have any evidence to support that.
