Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 29 24 Apr 2019
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LIBERIA. Token Coinage. Copper cent. 10.43 gm. 28 mm. American Colonization Society. 1833. Freed slave under a palm; 14 rays, 12 palm tree leaves (CH-2); large ship / Legend. KM Tn1. Good Very Fine; slight edge bump at 5' reverse.
From the Library of Congress website: "The American Colonization Society was formed in 1817 to send free African-Americans to Africa as an alternative to emancipation in the United States. In 1822 the Society established on the west coast of Africa a colony that in 1847 became the independent nation of Liberia. By 1867 the Society had sent more than 13,000 emigrants."