SACHM88/354

Round shaped object with ingraved border around edge, with 2 punch holes on top. Obv. Ingraved numbers '219'.  Dammaged to front in back. Rev. Shows accession number. Also damage on this side with colour faded. Numbered disc, presumably of the kind that had to be worn by enslaved men and free blacks who carried and transported goods around town. In 1809 an order issued to prevent theft, required that thjose who carried goods could do so without notifying the Fiscal and without wearing a numbered ticket around the neck.