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Lot of 2 "Duoro" Shipwreck Bronze Manillas or Slave Tokens from Prior to 1843

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Lot of 2  Duoro  Shipwreck Bronze Manillas or Slave Tokens from Prior to 1843
This Historical lot includes a pair of Patinated Bronze Manillas or Slave Tokens, which were salvaged from the Shipwreck of the English Schooner "Duoro". The Duoro sank off the Isles of Scilly in 1843. Manillas are penannular (almost ring-like) armlets, mostly in bronze or copper, which served as a form of money or barter coinage and to a degree, ornamentation, amongst certain West African peoples. This form of African currency also became known as "slave trade money" after the Europeans started using them to acquire slaves for the slave trade into the Americas (as well as England prior to 1807).