 1805 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. PORTER. No.13. C. PRINCE in a prepared, rectangular punch on the back. Appearance of Fine to Very Fine in places. Octagonal shaped with nearly equilateral sides. Holed for suspension. 311.1 gns. 54.7 mm. x 62.0 mm. *CHARLESTON* in a prepared lunate punch at the top. No. in a prepared, square punch, 13 in individual number punches. PORTER in a prepared rectangular punch underneath. 1805 in rectangular logotype punch below. Medium coppery red and brown. Surfaces quite rough in appearance, one small edge hole at upper left. Dished, the front bowed towards the viewer, believed to add additional strength to the badge when worn. Extremely rare and like the 1803 earlier, one of just two badges dated 1805 known to the cataloguer, the other being the Servant's badge we sold in September, 1995.
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