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| 正面铭文 | 1796 GR (Translation: George King) |
| 背面描述 | The armorial achievement of the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa occupies the central field, comprising an oval shield divided into two quarters: the upper quarter displays a beehive amid stars on a horizontally lined ground, while the lower quarter depicts a sailing vessel on the sea. The shield is surmounted by a crest of a castle or fortified tower with a flagpole, upon which stands a passant elephant. Two native African male figures serve as supporters on either side, each standing and holding a staff or spear, rendered with considerable ethnographic detail. The circular legend reading 'FREE TRADE TO AFRICA. BY ACT. OF PARLIAMENT. 1750.' surrounds the entire composition within a milled border. |
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| 附加信息 |
The ackey was a trade denomination created specifically for the Gold Coast, calibrated to match the value of the gold dust units used in local commerce — not a coin in the conventional sense, but a manufactured medium of exchange designed to penetrate a barter economy on its own terms. The Company of Merchants Trading to Africa, itself an unusual quasi-governmental body that administered British interests on the Gold Coast from 1750 until its dissolution in 1821, issued these pieces to facilitate the slave trade and the purchase of gold and ivory at coastal forts like Cape Coast Castle.
Only a handful of denominations were struck under this authority, making the series one of the more obscure British colonial coinages.