Watch List notes:

Lot of 3 (1 large, 2 small) African slave trade copper "manillas," 1700s-1800s. 1408 grams total, 9" wide, 2-1/2" wide, and 2-1/2" wide. Three heavily patinated examples, one a rare, large "queen" manilla with light engraving and the others small and plain (one with unusually large ends), typically used as currency in the slave trade (as outlined in an accompanying article), these specimens excavated in modern times in Nigeria, West Africa. With photo-certificate.

Estimate: $125 - 200