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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8455813, member: 116145&quot;]1792 Barbados Penny - scritchy scratched.&nbsp; Almost proof like surfaces though.&nbsp; Interesting piece - 39,000 minted.&nbsp; Neptune pulled by sea horses on the reverse and an African king on the obverse.&nbsp; Probably some ugly reference to slavery - with the &quot;I serve&quot; lettering but an attractive coin.&nbsp; In 1793 Canada outlawed slavery and in 1807, King George III outlawed the slave trade, though the ownership of slaves continued until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, pressed by William Wilberforce, who died shortly after passage was assured.&nbsp; From Wikipedia - Wilberforce was convinced of the importance of religion, morality and education. He championed causes and campaigns such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_the_Suppression_of_Vice" rel="nofollow">Society for the Suppression of Vice</a>, British missionary work in India, the creation of a free colony in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone" rel="nofollow">Sierra Leone</a>, the foundation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Mission_Society" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Mission_Society" rel="nofollow">Church Mission Society</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals" rel="nofollow">Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1498482[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1498483[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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