1 Penny Token Coinage

Features

Issuer Sierra Leone
King George III (1808-1820)
Type Token
Year 1814
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Dollar (1791-1830)
Composition Copper
Weight 16.84 g
Diameter 36 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
17852
References KM# Tn1,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Eimer# 984
Christopher Eimer; 2010. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

A British officer shaking hands with a freed slave. Huts in the background.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WE ARE ALL BRETHREN
SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED
BY GREAT BRITAIN
1807

Engraver: G. F. P.

Reverse

Arabic inscriptions in several lines translating the obverse:
"Slave trade abolished in England in 1807, in the reign of King George III. We are all brethren."

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:
وذر بيع
العبيد في الانجلند
في ١٨٠٧ من الَّسنه العيسوَّيه
في عهد السلطان جارج الثالث
أنّا كل أخوة
J. P. FECIT

Edge

Plain

Mint

Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850)

Comments

Struck in 1807 it is distributed only in 1814!!!Automatically translated

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1814)  17% KM#Tn1.2 (without engraver's initials)
ND (1814) GFP 50 000 79% KM#Tn1.1
ND (1814) GFP 13% KM#Tn1.1 Proof, Restrike

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