COLONIAL AFRICA, British. Sierra Leone. 1808-1961. CU Penny Token (35mm, 17.34 g, 12h). Commemorating the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire. Soho (Birmingham) mint. Issued by Macauley & Babington. Dated 1807, though struck 1814. European standing right, clasping hands with African standing left; in background to left, four huts, between, two laborers, to right, five figures dancing around tree; in exergue, SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED/ BY GREAT BRITAIN/ 1807 / Similar inscription in Arabic. Vice 1; KM Tn1.1; Eimer 984a. Brown surfaces. EF.
From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Lepczyk 53 (17 June 1983), lot 518.
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