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1 Ackey - George III Trial Strike
| Issuer | African Company of Merchants |
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| Year | 1796 |
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| Currency | Ackey (1796-1818) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1796 GR (Translation: George King) |
| Reverse description | Central device displays the heraldic achievement of the African Company of Merchants: an oval shield divided per fess, the upper half bearing a beehive and cornucopia amid stars, the lower half depicting a three-masted merchant vessel under sail. The shield is surmounted by a crest of an elephant bearing a tower, and supported on the dexter by a seminaked male figure wearing a feathered headdress and holding a spear, and on the sinister by a similarly undraped male figure. A grotesque mask appears at the base of the escutcheon. The circumferential legend reads 'FREE TRADE TO AFRICA. BY ACT. OF PARLIAMENT. 1750.' in raised Roman letters, contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | FREE TRADE TO AFRICA. BY ACT. OF PARLIAMENT. 1750. |
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