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1 Ackey - George III Trial Strike
| Emittent | Company of Merchants Trading to Africa |
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| Jahr | 1796 |
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| Material | Gold plated copper |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Central field dominated by a large cursive royal cypher 'GR' (Georgius Rex) in interlaced script, surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown. The date 1796 is divided by the crown at the upper periphery, with '17' to the left and '96' to the right. The entire design is encircled by a wreath of olive branches tied with a ribbon bow at the base. The coin exhibits a finely milled border and a deeply mirrored proof field characteristic of a trial striking. |
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| Reverslegende | FREE TRADE TO AFRICA. BY ACT. OF PARLIAMENT. 1750. |
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| Zusätzliche Informationen |
The Company of Merchants Trading to Africa was a loose consortium of British traders operating forts along the Gold Coast, chartered in 1750 specifically to avoid the monopoly structure of its predecessor, the Royal African Company. The ackey was a unit pegged to local gold-dust weights already in use by Akan traders, making it an attempt to insert British coinage into an indigenous exchange system rather than replace it. This 1796 trial strike was produced to test the denomination before committing to a gold issue — the pattern was never approved for circulation.