Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection

Medals, Jamaica, St Ann’s Bay Anti-Slavery Society, 1839, a copper medal by J. Davis, bust of Joseph Sturge right, rev. negro couple with infant seated by palm, 41mm (BHM 1893; E 1331; Roehrs 1557). Extremely fine, rare £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Joseph Lepczyk Auction 44 (Lansing, USA), 24-5 February 1978, lot 1755.

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