1838 Anti slavery Token

[skarmajunga]

Found today with my new ctx actually was the second target after finding a clad dime, down about 9 inches. Not in the best of shape but hopefully I can save it, was a bit of a whatsit at first. Neither me nor my hunting partner could figure it out at first, we could read the reverse where it says United States of America but no American coin has a person kneeling. Google shed some light on it and at first we though it was a man and we found out that there are two versions and the one with the man is very rare, but this one is with a woman. Obverse reads Am I not a Woman and & Sister 1838, reverse is United States of America 1838. Not worth much especially in dug condition but still a cool piece of history. For a better view ?Am I Not A Woman & A Sister? Anti-Slavery Hard Times Token

 

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[JeffInMass]

Sweet find with the new machine- next time find the MAN version!

-- Jeff --

 

[skarmajunga]

Sweet find with the new machine- next time find the MAN version!

-- Jeff --

I will certainly try, thanks for being there

 

[pepperj]

That's a different token, congrats on the save.

 

[Joe hunter]

Nice finds I think you might have a new best friend

 

[Mackaydon]

Adding more history to your great find:
Why the female version of the token is more prevalent than the male is a numismatic mystery. Some believe that it may have been that the dies for the "Am I Not a Man & a Brother" token may have broken early in the run, while the others survived. Or the female token may just have been more popular, and the male tokens could not be sold. At any rate, some 500 to 1,000 "Am I Not a Woman & a Sister" tokens are thought to exist.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/news/coins.html
Don....

 

[A2coins]

Great find I was thinking about getting the CTX someday. Great piece of history and what gives worth to something partly is how much it means to the person who wants it so to me it would have lots of value. I think lots of coin collectors would look at my silver coins rings tokens and think they were junk, and they might be but that's why I keep them the value they have to me...... That would be a great coin/token to display. Thanks for sharing it. Tommy

 

[Bridge End Farm]

This is really an amazing dig and discovery Congrats

 

[cambria09]

Hello skarmajunga. That is a real piece of history you have there and one cool find. I always like seeing obscure stuff with great content like that. Good Luck. C9

 

[cambria09]

Adding more history to your great find:
Why the female version of the token is more prevalent than the male is a numismatic mystery. Some believe that it may have been that the dies for the "Am I Not a Man & a Brother" token may have broken early in the run, while the others survived. Or the female token may just have been more popular, and the male tokens could not be sold. At any rate, some 500 to 1,000 "Am I Not a Woman & a Sister" tokens are thought to exist.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/15/news/coins.html
Don....

Hello Mackaydon. Nice bit of research...thanks for the post. Good Luck. C9

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the nice token

 

[jewelerguy]

that's awesome!

 

[against the wind]

I've never seen one of those before.
Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice piece of history find and have fun with the new machine!

 

[Z.K.]

Great rarer save, and fantastic piece of history. I had never heard of one before, what I enjoy is that as an artifact it captures two important social issues of the time at once: bank failures/economic recession and the abolitionist movement. So often in periods of economic contraction prejudicial themes increase, so its refreshing to see such a stark contrast. Thanks for posting it.

 

[skarmajunga]

Thanks everyone, it was quite the find. I will post more pics if the tokens condition improves

 

[skarmajunga]

This is the guy who lost the token, possibly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_Shaw