 1832 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. SERVANT. No.1080. Appearance of Extremely Fine and quite sharp in places. Diamond shaped with clipped corners. Holed for suspension. 243.4 gns. 69.1 mm. x 69.5 mm. CHARLESTON in a prepared lunate punch at the top. 1832 in a rectangular logotype punch below. SERVANT underneath in a prepared, rectangular punch. No. in a prepared, square punch, 1080 in individual number punches below. Dark olive brown with some lighter red showing. Surfaces very rough in a few places. Very lightly dished, the front bowed towards the viewer, believed to add additional strength to the badge when worn. Rare, as are all slave hire badges of the 1820's and 30's.
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