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Auction: 335 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 75

Great Britain. William Wilberforce - Abolition of the Slave Trade Medal, 1807. Bronzed Copper. 54mm. By T. Webb. Bust right of the abolitionist and philanthropist; WILLIAM WILBERFORCE M.P. THE FRIEND OF AFRICA, rev. Britannia seated upon dais inscribed - HAVE HEARD THEIR CRY, attended by Mercury, Prudence and Justice, is crowned by Victory, hovering above; SLAVE TRADE ABOLISHED MDCCCVII. BHM 627, Eimer 983. Some minor rust marks and speckling as is typical. Deep caramel-brown. Uncirculated.

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