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Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel

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Coin: Gold, 1852
Coin: Gold, 1854
Coin: Silver Quarter, Washington, 1932
Coin: California Gold, circular
Collec. of 6 coins: Autori Connec. Inde et Lib, 1787
$10 Eagle
1799
$10 Eagle
1801
Collection of medieval coin and fragment inn envelope
Collection of 27 Chinese coins, 1860
"Flowing Hair" dollar
1795
Fire helmet frontpiece emblem
1850-1900
Medal: Maximiliano Emperador...1886
Medal
ca. 1898
Massachusetts Tercentary Commemorative Medal
1930
Medal: No Embalmed Beef
Medal: U.S. Marines
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
1824-1885
New York Regiment of Volunteers in Mexico Medal
After 1848
The Society of Medalists 2nd Issue
1930
Major General William Henry Harrison Military Medal
After 1840
Medal case in shape of book: National Medals of America
ca. 1850
Major General Alexander Macomb Military Medal
After 1840
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Commemorative Medal
1739
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Commemorative Medal
1739
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Commemorative Medal
1739
Admiral Vernon "Vernon, Brown, and Walpole" Commemorative Medal
1741
Admiral Vernon "Vernon and Ogle" Commemorative Medal
1741
Admiral Vernon "Portobello Taken" Commemorative Medal
1739
Admiral Vernon "Carthagena" Commemorative Medal
1741
Pin:conference
Pin:conference
Child's plate
1820-1840
Stevenson Taylor Commemorative Medallion
1926
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
Pouch
1845-1850
Nicholas Roerich Medal
1929
Juliana, Princess of the Netherlands Medal
ca. 1934
Chateau de Ramezay Medal
After 1896
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Medal
1902
Master Commandant Jesse D. Elliott Naval Medal
1820-1866
Medallion: Exposition Universelle International 1900
Doll
1850-1950
Medallion: Millard Fillmore...1850
Centennial of the Battle of Fort Washington, No. 7 Medal
1876
Collection of 2 tokens: N.Y.C.R.R.EX. Train...
Badge
1913
Fugio cents (5)
1787
Coin: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1785
Coll.of 2 tokens: No Stamps, The Restore of Commerce, 1766
1766
Coll.of 3 coins: Nova Constellatio, 1783
1783
Fugio cents (6)
1787
Coll.of 7 coins: NOVA CONSTELLATIO, 1783
Coll.of 3 coins:1-Vt. Res.Publica,1785; 2-Vermontensium,1786
Fugio cents (4)
1787
Bottle fragment
1760-1783
Coin: US. Silver Half Dollar, 1795, Liberty
Collec. of 2 token, North American Token, Commerce,1781
Collec. of 2 coins: USA. copper or Bar Cent 1785
3 coins: Chalmer's Annapolis,2-Shilling,1 Sixpence, 1783
Coin: Massachusetts,1787, Common Wealth
Coin: US. 2 cents, 1867, (Bronze)
Coin: US. Twenty cents, 1875
Coll. of 7 tokens: Talbot, Allum & Lee, One Cent, 1794
Captain John Paul Jones Naval Medal
After 1840
Medallion: Joanni Stewart
1840-1870
Medallion: Fidelity
After 1840
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
After 1840
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
After 1840
Captain Lewis Warrington Naval Medal
After 1840
Lieutenant Robert Henley Naval Medal
After 1840
Lieutenant William Barrows Naval Medal
After 1840
Master Commandant Jesse D. Elliott Naval Medal
After 1840
Medal in Case: F.Habeneck Foudatour 1828
ca. 1881
Major General Zachary Taylor Military Medal
1848-1885
Captain Thomas Truxtun Naval Medal
ca. 1880
United States Diplomatic Medal
1876
Fort Ticonderoga Souvenir Medal
ca. 1975
I.D Tag: S.A Avery Sgt.First Cl.
1900 Paris International Exposition Medal
1900
State Department Life Saving Medal
1860-1873
Marquis de Lafayette Bicentennial Award Medal
1957
Fan
1900-1920
Medal in Box: The Church Club... Jan.27,1869
Ca. 1894
Pin: July 1936: 3793 Bathing Belmar Beach
Pin: Bathing Belmar Beach, 1934.1674
Pin: Bathing Belmar Beach, 3354.1935
Medal in Box w/Docu:Society Of Colonial Wars..June 17,1745
Fulton Trust Company Plaquette
1915
Medal w/ribbon: Junipero Serra Memorial...
Medal w/ribbon & pin: Sons of the Revolution...Frank Squire
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Medalet
1865
Lincoln and Garfield Presidential Medalet
1881-1882
Medal: relief of Lincoln
1868-1895
Hotel Association of New York City 75th Anniversary Medal
1953
Masonic "Penny"
1840-1890
New Haven Bicentennial Commemorative Medal
1838
Coll. of 5 coins: Nova Caesarea, 1787 (New Jersey)
Coll. of 4 coins: U.S. One Cent, 1802, 1803,1817,1818 (copper)
"Draped Bust" quarter dollar
1796
Coll. of 2 coins: US. One Cent, 1840 (copper)
Coin: Virginia half-penny, 1773 Georgius lll Rex
1773
Coll. of 3 tokens: 2-Neo-Eboracus, 1787; 1-Excelsior, 1787
Coin: Spaniarum Rex, 1723, Philippus V
ca. 1723
Pouch
ca. 1800
Token: Bank Token One Penny, 1837
Token:Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921
Coin: Ancient w/Arabic-like Symbols
Token: 28th President, Woodrow Wilson
1924-1950
Collection of medals of order in 2 cases
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1824
Whale tooth
1910-1940
The Society of Medalists 5th Issue
1932
Society of Cincinnati commmemorative medal
1897
Champlain & De Monts Medal
1904
Adam J. Slemmer medallion
Probably 1861
Medal: Lincoln and Hamilton 1861
1861 or later
Marquis de Lafayette Commemorative Medal
1824 or later
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Campaign Medal
1860
Abraham Lincoln Centennial Medal
1909
Medal: Abraham Lincoln for the president of the US
1860
Edward O. Leech Mint and Treasury Medal
1890
Medal in Box w/Docu: Lusitania
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Commemorative Plaquette
1937
Fan
1870-1900
Fan
1900-1920
General Horatio Gates Military Medal
1801-1879
General U.S. Grant Commemorative Medal
1868
Czechoslovakia Freedom Medal
1939
Saint George of England Medal
1941-1945
Saint George of England Medal
1941
Medal in box: St.Joseph
Medal in box: St.Joseph
James A. Garfield Presidential Medal
1882
Napoleon III Medal
1850-1870
Medal: National Navy Club
Medal: H.K.
ca. 1600-1650
New York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
American Numismatic Society "Washington Statue in Wall Street" Medal
1883
New-York Historical Society Medal for Achievement in History
ca. 1931
Edwin Forrest Presentation Medal
1834 or later
Badge medal: John Bryan...
Star medal in box: from Clark Lodge...
Medallion in box: Trinity Church...1947
1947
Medal w/ribbon: Cleveland Hendricks...March 4,1885
Medal
1861
Medal: discov. of Hudson River by H. Hudson
Medal: discov. of Hudson River by H. Hudson
Medal: General J.Watts DePeyster...1894
1894
Medal:Geo.W Dewey Nat'l Encampment G.A.R Philadelphia 1898
Medal w/photo and ribbon fragment
Medal w/ribbon: General U.S. Grant, 1868
Medal in envelope: Louis XIV
1800-1900
Artillery shell
1850-1861
Marquis de Lafayette Medal
1789
Charles A. Lindbergh Commemorative Medal
1927
Medal: Comite Lafayette
1918
Medal: Colin Kelly other side ...Dec.10,1941
Medal case coll. Inscribed (bottom): to W.H.Crawford - Tibi
Fireman's uniform aglet
1850-1900
Medal w/ribbon: General U.S. Grant
Medallion in case: on earth peace ...1871
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
after 1830
Medal boxed w/document
Medal with steamboat
1900-1910
250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in the United States Medal
1905
Bicentennial of the City of Albany Commemorative Medal
1886
Medal: The Great Seal of the State of New York
Fan
1870-1900
Cotton States and International Exposition Award Medal
1895
Medal w/ribbon in box:Joan of Arc ...1918
Medal w/ribbon in box:Joan of Arc statue 1915
The American Numismatic Society Centennial Medalet
1958
Columbian Anacreontic Society medal
ca. 1800
Fan
1870-1900
Medal in box: Artillery Co. of Mass. ...1888
1888
Medal w/ribbon: Easter 1909
Medal: St.Nicholas Society ...NYC 1903...
John Adams Commemorative Medal
1800-1850
Potter-Palmer Gold Medal
1910
Medal: Robert Weeks DeForest... 1872-1922
1922
National Institute of Social Sciences Medal
ca.1905
Medal in box: ...Monte Video Agosto 1906...
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820
J. Gordon Bennett Aeronautical Cup Plaquette
ca. 1910
Verdun Medal Case
Medal in case: 300 anniversary...Dutch settlement
Medal Commemorating the Centennial of George Washington's Inauguration
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
After 1880
Medal: ...given Van Wert, Paulding and Williams
Snuffbox with lid
ca. 1812-1820
New-York Historical Society Medal (150th Anniversary)
1954
Thomas Jefferson Indian Peace Medal
1801 or later
Artillery shell
1760-1783
Medal: Christophorus Colomb.
ca. 1819
Medal: St. Nicholas Society founded Feb. 28, 1835 NYC 1905
Medal in case: D. curvert, Coll. Col. Nov. EB
Danish Society of Harvard Medal
ca. 1907
Medal: Victory Liberty Loan
Medal: half moon
Medal w/ribbon: star shaped
Medallion in box: Cent. Year of our Nat. Ind. 1876
Badge: St. Pauls Church Comm. 1789-1889
1789
"Wood's Series" Washington Monument Medal
1876
Hatchet pin: G. Washington
Medal w/ribbon: Gen. Grant
Medal
Medal: Col. Washington Nov. 16, 1909
Halliday Medal
1850-1880
Medal: Iron Cross 1914
Medal: Ulster
Medal: Cross
Medal: Relious figure
Medal: Nederlanden
Medal: Good Luck
Medal: Religious
Agriculture and Forestry Exhibition Medal
1866
Medal:Victoire De Cavriana 24 Juin 1859
Medal:Bictoire Desolferino le 24 Juin 1859
Medal: w 1914- fw 1813 (iron cross)
Admiral Vernon "Porto Bello Taken" Medal
1739
Tablet:25th ...Fulton Trust Company 1890-1915
Columbia University Commemorative Medal
1910
Badge
Medal: long and faithful service
Major General Ulysses S.Grant Military Medallion
1865
Medal on ribbon w/tag: 10 Years of Faithful Service
The Society of Medalists 10th Issue
1934
The Society of Medalists 11th Issue
1935
The Society of Medalists 12th Issue
1935
Medal: Elihu Root...
1906
Medal: Poli Kao II...
ca. 1905
Medal w/ribbon: San Marcos Lima...
Medal w/ribbon: ...Causas Melius
late 19th - early 20th century
Coin: Ratton Token
1944-1945
Medal in pouch: likeness of a man 1661
Collection of medals and boutonnieres in velvet case
Medal:convention...N.A.L.C. Sept.3-8,1900
1900
Medal: Andrew Jackson President
1832
Cannonball
1760-1783
Dolls' house beds (pair)
1920-1960
Collection of buttons on string: U.S. Army
Pompon
1860-1890
Harvard University Stylus Club Membership Medal
ca. 1907
Sash
Medal w/document
Trunk
1780-1830
Sash: Civic and Industrial Parade, 1789 NY Cent. Celebr.1889
ca. 1889
Medal in box: Cent. celebr. of Washington Inauguration 1789-
Medal w/ribbon: Sharpsburg PA
Medal in box: Fulton Trust Comp. 25th anniv. 1915
Box labeled on lid: Medals w/address label: Mr. Wm. Alfred
Medal in box with Docu.: Tho's Hunter Ass'n Grammer School
Medal in a box
Medal w/document
Medal w/document
1848
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society centennial medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Printing block
1700-1800
Tag on ring: Belmar. 1936. 6
Stamp
1830-1880
Medal:...George King of Great Britain
Medal: Volla Soldats... Travaux
Tercentenary of Landing at Plymouth Rock
1920
Souvenir: Prince of Wales, Victoria & Albert (w/ribbon)
ca. 1850
Medal: marksman 3, sharpshooter 2, expert 2...
Pin: 4280 bathing Belmar Beach, Aug. 19, 1936
Medal: Seagrit N.J.S.R.A. Competitor
Medal fragment: #1
Pin: U.S. star pattern
Medal fragment: #3
Medal fragment: 1896 U.S.V.
Battle of Bunker Hill Centennial Anniversary Commemorative Medal
1875
Medal: Victoria Regina Arctic Discoveries 1813-1855
Medal: Alumni Assoc of Haverford College, Pennsylvania
1875 or later
Collec. of 2 medals: Haverford College: Alum. Assoc.,1869
1869-1900
Medal in box: Bicentennial America Revolution...
1976
World War I Medal
1914-1918
Medal: Statue of Liberty Dedication
Norse-American Centennial Medal
1925
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Official Commemorative Medal
1909
Flax spinning wheel
1750-1850
Piece of ribbon: red, white, blue
Coin: U.S. 50c. 1836
Fugio cent
1787
Collection of ration tokens
1944-1945
Dime wrapper
Grandmama's Improved Game of Riddles
1887
Bar shot, bent bar
1760-1783
Button w/ribbon
Cocked hat (reproduction)
1880-1930
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Captain Isaac Hull Naval Medal
1840-1885
World War I Plaquette
1917
World War I Plaquette
ca. 1914
Medal w/ribbon: ...Fear No Man
Adolph Werner Plaquette
1907
Medal: Iron Cross 1813-1914
Washington Cathedral Medal
1920-1940
Token: Washington Cathedral
Medal: Victory Liberty Loan
British and French War Commissions Visit to New York City Medal
1917
Coin: Empire Francais 50 cent. 1865
1865
Coin: lll
Coin: lll
Franklin D. Roosevelt Fourth Presidential Inauguration Medal
1945
Medallion:...county of Onondata...
Medallion: Abdul-Medgid-khn
ca. 1854
New-York Historical Society Centennial Medal
1904
Medallion in box: Dr. Robert Hofstader 1962
Medallion in box: Haviland...
1926
Major General Edmund P. Gaines Military Medal
1837-1885
Augustus William Hofmann Presentation Medal
1883
Panama-Pacific International Exposition Medal
1915
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Medal
1878
Warren G. Harding Presidential Medal
1923
New York World's Fair Official Souvenier Token, 1939
1939
Cane
1880-1930
Token: Stein-bloch Suits
1913-1914
Coin: 1924
Coin: German
Franklin D. Roosevelt Commemorative Medal
1945
2 Roosevelt Dimes in envelope
Presidential two-headed campaign coin
1908
Coin: Collection of American Pennies ...
Token of Belief in Wendell Willkie
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Coin in envelope: Colonial Roman w/Africa on face
Sestertius in envelope: Marcus Aurelius
Jeton in envelope: head of Louis XV
Denarius in envelope: Antoninus Pius
Dupondius in envelope: of Maximinianus
Colonial tetradrachme of Billon in envelope
Denarius in envelope: S?? Severus
Silver round medal. Inscribed: "...These are my Jewels..."
1913
Improved History Cards
1884
Shoulder patch
1940-1950
Terrestrial globe
1542
United States Military Academy Sesquicentennial
1952
Medal w/ribbon: 1914-1918
French and British War Commissions New York Visit Medal
1917
Medal w/ribbon: Do Right and Fear no Man
National War Garden Commission
c. 1919
Medal: World War Service Delaware
Daniel Webster Commemorative Medal
1852 or later
ID Tags: Tl. Col. Jim Wainwright, 27 Dv.
Patch: brown & Black
1940-1950
Medal: American E. F. France...
Medal w/ribbon: County of Putnam
Woodrow Wilson Commemorative Medal
1914-1918
General Anthony Wayne Military Medal
ca. 1889
Leon Gambetta Medallion
After 1882
1876 U.S. Centennial Exposition Medal
1876
George Bailey Hopson Commemorative Plaquette
1913
Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commemorative Medal
1909
Box
Medal: ship
Medal w/ribbon: Hudson-Fulton
Medallion: Hudson-Fulton
Medal
1909
Holland Lodge of the State of New York Membership Medal
1840-1890
Medallion: Holland Society
After 1856
Lieutenant Colonel John E. Howard Military Medal
ca. 1880
Medal: Hudson-Fulton
1909
Medal: Battle of Harlem Plains
2 denarii in envelope: King Juba of Mauretonia
Judean denarius in envelope: Imperial Rome
Sesterius in envelope: face w/Caracalla
Sestertius in envelope
Castorland medal
1796 or later
3 denarii of Hadrian in envelope
Coin in envelope: Iberian Dupondius- middle?
Sestertius in envelope: Trajan on face
Sestertius in envelope: Hadrian on face
Coin in envelope: Dupondius-middle
Jeton in envelope: Louis XV
Tetradrachme of Ptolemy in envelope
Coin: Africa
Coin: Hilus
Coin: Rexivba
Denarius of Republican Rome in envelope
Civil War token: Army and Navy/Federal Union
1863
Collection of tokens: Washington Rapid Transit Co.
Grape shot
Engraving block
1850-1900
Ice skates (pair)
1880-1920
Ezra Meeker Commemorative Plaquette
1930
Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Medal
1933
Medal: Benjamin Franklin...
Medal w/ tag: Malcolm Dunsmore... 23 May 1885
Medal in Case: ...Robert Weeks Deforest... 1872-1922
1922
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
After 1880
Pilgrim Fathers Medal
1920
Medal: John Pintard
Master Commandant Oliver H. Perry Naval Medal
Ca. 1870
Medal: ROB Henley Eagle
Captain William Bainbridge Naval Medal
1841-1885
Robert M. Patterson Mint and Treasury Medal
1839-1881
Transportation token: Robert Fulton
1909
Medal: Stark County Centennial Canton Ohio
Medal: Hudson Fulton
Department Commander Albert D. Shaw Medal
Badge: ...Reception Admiral Dewey sept. 28-9 1899 New York
Medal:...Anniversary battle of Stoney Point July 16, 1879
1879
Medal:Catskill Aqueduct begun 1905
Medal:..church of saint John the Divine
Medal: Battery L. Artillery ...USA
St. Louis Industrial Conference Medal
1892
Medal: To Florence N. Levy ... for devoted service 1909-34
Medal
1903
Medal: Louisiana Purchase Exposition
1904
Medal w/ribbon: ...anniversery battle of Stoney Point
Governor Isaac Shelby Military Medal
1824
Medal and ribbon of the St. Nicholas Society
Collection of tokens: Washington Rapid Transit Co.
Coin:...1623
Coin:...1623
Coin:...1648
Coin:...1639
Coin:...16??
Coin:...1627
Coin:...1626
Coin:...1642
Coin: Josephus lD.G...1775
Collection of 6 coins in envelope, 2 medals, 41 medallion
Hard Times Token: Coin: illustrative predecesor
1837
Coin: Isaac Brock, Herd of Canada 1816
1816
Token: 1/2 penny, 1815
1815
Coin: East India Co.1804
1804
Token: 1/2 penny, Province of Canada, 1844
1844
Coin:V USA 1883
1883
Coin:V USA 1883
1883
Coin: Leopold Prenler 5 centimes 1862
1862
Coin: USA, 1858 1 cent
1858
Ice skates (pair)
ca. 1890-1920
Ice skates (pair)
ca. 1820-1860
Ice skates (pair)
1860-1880
Hot air ballon ascension souvenir medal
ca. 1878
Badge w/envelope: For military merrit...Frank V.Mullaney
Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 Commemorative Medal
1876
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Commemorative Medal
1876
George F. Robinson Personal Medal
1873
Medal w/ribbon: Birth place of Liberty
William Pitt Medal
ca. 1766
Medal: 100th Performance of Play Night of the Mighty Dollar at the Park Theatre, Dec. 1875
1877-1878
Franklin Pierce Indian Peace Medal
1855
Philadelphia Centennial Exposition Memorial Medalet
1876
James Pollock Mint and Treasury Medal
1880-1892
Henry R. Linderman Mint and Treasury Medal
1872
Augustus Saint-Gaudens Plaquette
1937
Alfred E. Smith Medal
1928
Medal
1898
United States Centennial Commemorative Medal
1874
Medal w/ribbon & paper: 1854 Atlantic City 1904
Gilbert Stuart Medal
1848
Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer Life Saving Medal
1861
Medal
ca. 1898
Artillery shell, Hotchkiss
1855-1865
Campaign medallion: Lincoln & Johnson Union Candidates 1864
Campaign medallion: McClellan & Pendieton Democr. candid. 64
Campaign medallion: Major General G.B. McClellan '864
Medal: 1876 Centennial
ca. 1876
Coin: USA 1860-lll
Coin: USA 20 cents; 1875
1875
Coin: lll
Token: City Hall, NY.; 1856
1856-1939
Coin: collection of 2 steel pennies; 1943
1943
Coin: Jefferson Nickel, 1939
US Merchant Token: admit to Wood's Minstrels. 1857
1857
Walking-stick
1804-1824
Collection of 2 coins: General Washington
Playpipe and nozzle
1850-1925
Coin: Spanish on tag.
Walking-stick
1850-1900
Collection of 3 coins on card: nickel and pennies- WW ll
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Collection of 10 coins (roman) in envelope
Collection of 10 coins in envelope
Coin: Ludov XVl- De Gratia 1782
1782
Coin: Thames + Seven Canal
Coin: Aucror; 1708 ?
1708
Hard Times Token: Coin: Van Boren Metalli currency.1837
1837
Coin ... Fait LaForce 5 cents
1884
Cannon ball: 9 lbs.
1760-1783
Bar shot: 35 lbs.
1760-1783
Great Battlefields: A Parlor Game
1886-1888
Lock plate pan and frizzen
1780-1800
Musket butt plate
1770-1790
Shoulder strap
1860-1862
Cannon ball: 3 1/2 lbs.
1760-1783
Hollow bullet (2)
1750-1783
Aiguillette
1870-1880
United States Centennial Commission Medal
1876
Medal in box: 1620-1920 ...Pilgrims at Plymouth
1920
Medal in box: Peace 1936
Connecticut State Building Commemorative Medal
1926
Commodore Edward Preble Naval Medal
1820-1885
Paris-New York Flight Commemorative Medal
1930
Captain Johnston Blakeley Naval Medal
1820

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