Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Online Sess. 10 Nov 2015
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GREAT BRITAIN. Anti-Slavery Convention Medal, 1840. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
51.4 mm; 42 gms. BHM-1977; Eimer-1342. Struck in white metal. By J. Davis (obv. after B.R. Haydon). Bust three-quarters right of Thomas Clarkson, British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society President; Reverse: Classic image of shackled male slave kneeling with folded hands raised, "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER" below, double legend around. Bright silvery finish with a minimum of ticks and abrasions to the soft White Metal surfaces. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
From the Collections of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's collections fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $150.00- $200.00
51.4 mm; 42 gms. BHM-1977; Eimer-1342. Struck in white metal. By J. Davis (obv. after B.R. Haydon). Bust three-quarters right of Thomas Clarkson, British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society President; Reverse: Classic image of shackled male slave kneeling with folded hands raised, "AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER" below, double legend around. Bright silvery finish with a minimum of ticks and abrasions to the soft White Metal surfaces. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.
From the Collections of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's collections fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $150.00- $200.00