 1835 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. SERVANT. No.791. Appearance of Extremely Fine and quite sharp in places. Diamond shaped with clipped corners. Holed for suspension. 213.0 gns. 67.4 mm. x 68.7 mm. CHARLESTON in a prepared lunate punch at the top. License numerals 791 in individual number punches below. SERVANT underneath in a prepared, rectangular punch. 1835 in a rectangular logotype punch below. Dark brown on a striated planchet quite unlike the norm. Surfaces just lightly 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. The planchet type and lack of a logotype No. mark this as anomalous in the series.
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