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<p>[QUOTE="silverdrachm, post: 1971477, member: 37170"]I know this is a very controversial subject. I like a lot of coins that have been engraved, such as love tokens. I love how personal they feel. I know slavery was a terrible, I mean just awful and unforgivable thing, but some of the slave tags that I've seen look very ornate. </p><p><img src="http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/slaveryyyyy/Dynamic/slides/1858%20TALPOOSA%20PLTN%20Al%20SLAVE%20TAG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Something like this one above I feel like is too nice to be made for a slave but maybe I am wrong. A lot of the ones that I've seen look to be crudely done, usually just counterstamped, not ornately engraved like these. Here are some more of these more engraved pieces:</p><p><img src="http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0p_QRcvGKbMD044rdw0fGw.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mDZKSc-x1g-AxQvtX8tC32w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/slaveryyyyy/Dynamic/slides/1844%20VALHALLA%20PLTN%20MER%20ROUGE%20LA%20SLAVE%20TAG.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Im wondering if examples like this are really Slave Tags or something else. If anybody knows anything that would help me feel free to comment your opinions. Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverdrachm, post: 1971477, member: 37170"]I know this is a very controversial subject. I like a lot of coins that have been engraved, such as love tokens. I love how personal they feel. I know slavery was a terrible, I mean just awful and unforgivable thing, but some of the slave tags that I've seen look very ornate. [IMG]http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/slaveryyyyy/Dynamic/slides/1858%20TALPOOSA%20PLTN%20Al%20SLAVE%20TAG.jpg[/IMG] Something like this one above I feel like is too nice to be made for a slave but maybe I am wrong. A lot of the ones that I've seen look to be crudely done, usually just counterstamped, not ornately engraved like these. Here are some more of these more engraved pieces: [IMG]http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0p_QRcvGKbMD044rdw0fGw.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mDZKSc-x1g-AxQvtX8tC32w.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.africanafrican.com/negroartist/slaveryyyyy/Dynamic/slides/1844%20VALHALLA%20PLTN%20MER%20ROUGE%20LA%20SLAVE%20TAG.jpg[/IMG] Im wondering if examples like this are really Slave Tags or something else. If anybody knows anything that would help me feel free to comment your opinions. Thanks[/QUOTE]
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