Convict Love Token - 1828 - M M
Transcription
Back
Token roughly pierced on the right side and engraved in a decorative floral cursive script. Engraved around the border, from mid-left:
When this you see, Remember me
There are four lines of text, with the initials in the centre of the token being large and decorative, and a small flourish at the base:
Aged 13 years.
M.M
Newgate Prison
Jany 10th 1828
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Front
Reverse of a worn George III halfpenny, roughly pierced to the right of Britannia’s head.
Diameter
29.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
