Vintage Johnson Matthey 1 ounce Silver Coin Freedom From Slavery Silver Round 1980's Freedom Series - PGS Coins
Very Good Vintage Condition with very little toning.
1 troy oz .999 Fine Silver
Obverse reads "FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY" around a slave breaking his chains.
Reverse "JOHNSON MATTHEY" around "ASSAYERS REFINERS - 1 OUNCE TROY" above Fine Silver.
JM Logo for Johnson Matthey Assayers & Refiners
Comes from a smoke free environment.
* This 1 oz silver round is one of ten in Johnson Matthey's "Freedom Series". It was created in the early 1980s and is no longer being produced. This rare and hard to find "Freedom Series" was based upon The Bill of Rights which is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
*One of ten in Johnson Matthey's "Freedom Series". "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
Enacted December 6, 1865
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