 1850 Charleston Slave Hire Badge. MECHANIC. No.23. Appearance of Very Fine. Diamond shaped with clipped corners. Holed for suspension. 133.2 gns. 51.0 mm. x 51.7 mm. CHARLESTON in a prepared lunate punch at the top. 23 in individual number punches below. MECHANIC underneath in a prepared, rectangular punch. 1850 in a rectangular logotype punch below. Dark olive brown in color. Some surface roughness on the back. Very lightly dished, the front bowed towards the viewer, believed to add additional strength to the badge when worn. Very rare as an occupation and very scarce as a date.
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