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| 正面描述 | Central device features the Ceylon Tea 150th Anniversary commemorative logo, consisting of a spotted Ceylon lion passant left, holding a sword in its right forepaw, enclosed within a plain inner circle. Flanking the central medallion on either side is a decorative wreath composed of five sprigs of the iconic 'two leaves and a bud' motif, symbolising the high-quality leaf standard of Ceylon Tea production. The commemorative legend CEYLON TEA SYMBOL OF QUALITY appears in two lines beneath the lion, with the bold numeral 150 below. The date range · 1867 - 2017 · arcs across the upper field, marking the 150th anniversary of Ceylon tea cultivation. |
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| 正面铭文 | · 1867-2017 · CEYLON TEA SYMBOL OF QUALITY 150 |
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Ceylon's commercial tea industry traces directly to a single catastrophe: the coffee blight of the 1870s, when Hemileia vastatrix devastated virtually the entire plantation economy within a decade. Scottish planter James Taylor had already established experimental tea cultivation at Loolecondera Estate in 1867, and that foresight transformed what was a disaster for coffee growers into the foundation of an industry that would come to define the island's exports for the next century and a half.
The 150th anniversary falls from that 1867 planting date.