Convict Love Token - 1822 - G Holt
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with seven lines of text, with a leaf motif at the end of the first, second, fifth and seventh lines, and the guidelines visible:
WHEN
THIS YOU
SE[E] THINK OF
ME TILL I GAIN
MY LIBERTY
G HOLT AGED
21 . 1822
Front
Token engraved with seven lines of text, and decorated with sprigs of leaves, and a crossed heart between the initials at the base. The shadowing above and below the first few lines indicates that there was a previous attempt to engrave the token:
THIS IS
A TOKEN FROM
A FREND WICH
LOVE FROM YOU
AND ME SHALL
NEVER END
M B
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
