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SIERRA LEONE: AE penny token, [1814]. VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Africa Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 125.00 USD
SIERRA LEONE: AE penny token, [1814]. VF
SOLD
190.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2019 Jan 19 @ 14:40UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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SIERRA LEONE: AE penny token, [1814], KM-Tn1, WE ARE ALL BRETHREN / SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED / BY GREAT BRITAIN / 1807, a British official and a tribal leader shaking hands, thatched huts at left, several people hoeing their field at center, and people dancing around a tree with joy at right, engraver: G. F. P. below // Arabic inscriptions in several lines translating the obverse: "Slave trade abolished in England in 1807, in the reign of King George III. We are all brethren." J. P. FECIT below, VF. This trader's currency token commemorates the Act of the British Parliament that was passed to outlaw the importation of slaves from outside the British Empire in 1807.