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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Anti-Slavery Exonumio |
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Collection of Anti-Slavery Tokens and buttons
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$450.00
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Includes two ''Am I Not a Man'' Conder tokens, two 1807 ''Slave Trade Abolished'' Medals and four coat buttons by T. Porter (who was said to have been a slave trader who sewed his buttons onto his slaves' clothes as a form of advertising). 8 pieces. |
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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Hawaiian Coinage & Ephemera |
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Kamehameha III, 1825-1854. Cent, 1847. Medcalf-Russell 2CC-2. Crosslet 4, 15 Berries
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$700.00
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About Uncirculated or better. King's facing uniformed bust, tunic fold over '4'. Rv. Value HAPA HANERI in 15-berry wreath. Deep brown shows traces of faded red. |
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| 2442 |
Kamehameha III. Cent, 1847. M-R 2CC-54. Plain 4, 13 Berries
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$450.00
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About Uncirculated. Types as above, tunic fold over '7', wreath has 13 berries arranged 6x7. Wonderfully smooth brown has hints of red. |
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| 2443 |
Kalakaua I, 1874-1891
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$1,000.00
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Notecard signed by King Kalakaua. Card 4½x35/8 inches; accompanying envelope approx. 4¾x32/3 inches. In a fluid, but somewhat choppy hand, Kalakaua writes in ink: Sir. I would like if you could send me your Masonic Diploma pocket Book for a while to show my people as we are now in search of mine. I will return it. Kalakaua. The 'S' of 'Send' is thick with ink from a flub and the... more |
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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Extraordinary Masonic African Lodge Document |
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African Lodge 459. Certificate of Initiation in favor of Richard P.G. Wright dated June 23, 1799 authorized by ''We the Master Wardens and Secretary of The African Lodge...Boston...Massachusetts''
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$275.00
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Part printed form, attractively engraved with Masonic and familial scenes, on vellum. 30.5 x 25.3 cm. Blue ribbon woven through left margin, red paper seal at upper left corner. Signed in the same hand ''Prince Hall GM, George Medallion GSW, Jube Hill JW, and William Smith Sc'y.'' Extremely rare as late 18th c. Masonic ephemera. Extremely important as a witness to the early days of Afro-American... more |
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Categories • Stack's January 2005 → The Americana Sale → U. S. Medals, Tokens and Americana → United States Medals → Danish West Indies Police Chief Badge |
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DANISH WEST INDIES. Christian IX, 1863-1906
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$2,800.00
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Police Chief Badge. Silver, 35.32 grams (545 grains). Oval, 80 x 57mm. Integral loop. At the center, a large crowned CIX monogram, flanked by an engraved 'F' (diagonally scored) and 'D' (cross-hatched). The 'F' has been engraved over a 'C', more likely as a correction of an engraving error as opposed to reusage. Below the monogram, Politie Tegn has been engraved in neat script. On the backside, anniversary... more |
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