1850

Morro Velho, Brazil, large pewter(?) slave-trade token, 320 reis, 1848, rare.

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Morro Velho, Brazil, large pewter(?) slave-trade token, 320 reis, 1848, rare.
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Morro Velho, Brazil, large pewter(?) slave-trade token, 320 reis, 1848, rare. 24.0 grams. Low-contrast and lightly corroded surfaces but with clear denomination (incuse) on one side and Morro Velho (a gold mine in Minas Gerais) over date on other side, with curious peckmarks on that side and one central mark on the denomination side, solid flan and technically no worse than Fine, apparently used in the slave trade at the mine, which opened in 1835 and has the distinction of being the world's oldest continuously worked mine.