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12 & 13 February 2020

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Coins and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 1306

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13 February 2020

Hammer Price:
£700

JAMAICA, St Ann’s Bay Anti-Slavery Society, 1839, a copper medal, unsigned [by J. Davis], bust of Joseph Sturge right, rev. negro couple with infant seated by palm tree, 41mm (Roehrs 1557; Brandon 1004; BHM 1893; E 1331). Extremely fine and very rare £400-£500

Joseph Sturge (1793-1859), Quaker abolitionist and activist, founded the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society