 1800 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. PORTER. No.423. Hallmarked ATMAR in a prepared, rectangular punch on the back. Appearance of Fine. Diamond shaped with nearly equilateral sides. Holed at the top for suspension. 119.1 gns. 40.2 mm. x 41.9 mm. No. 423 engraved by hand above PORTER/1800 in prepared punches. Olive brown and green. Rough, split when found, backed for support. Extremely rare: as noted in the introduction, the cataloguer is aware of only eight badges dated 1800 and this is the only one bearing the Porter's occupation. No earlier dated badge has been reliably recorded to the cataloguer's knowledge. There is no city name on this badge nor was there on the 1800 Fisher badge in the December, 2001 sale of the Pitts Collection.
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