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Charleston S. Carolina 1846 Slave Auction Token

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Charleston South Carolina 1846 Slave Auctioneer's Token

1846-Dated. "W.W. Wilbur Auction & Commission Merchant Charleston, So. Ca. 1846." Slave Auctioneer's Token. Copper. Fine.
Miller SC-9. A scarce token of the Slave trade of the mid-1800s. This is a copper promotional token, 1" diameter, issued by the known Charleston Slave auction house of W.W. Wilbur. The obverse of the coin shows a standing auctioneer with a gavel in hand reading; "W.W. Wilbur Auction & Commission Merchant Charleston, So. Ca. 1846" with the reverse bearing a palmetto tree. The token does not expressly identify Wilbur as an auctioneer of slaves, but history records his participation in such events.

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