 1803 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. SERVANT. No.259. Unknown maker. Appearance of Fine in places. Originally round in shape. Holed for suspension. 124.0 gns. 49.9 mm. x 43.0 mm. *CHARLESTON* in a prepared lunate punch at the top. No. 259 in individual number punches. SERVANT in a prepared rectangular punch underneath. 1803 in individual number punches below. Very dark olive and brown. Found in fragments, part of upper right quadrant and bottom split off and lost, the remainder backed as the 1800. Extremely rare and one of just two badges dated 1803 known to the cataloguer, the other being in the University of Hartford's collection.
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