Convict Love Token - 1833 - Joseph Hemming
Transcription
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Token with the precisely engraved image of a man and a woman shaking hands. She is wearing a hat and carrying a basket, while her dress is made of a sprigged fabric with a zigzag border. He is wearing a jacket with tails and a top hat. Above the figures are the words:
Peace Love and Unity
Front
Token neatly engraved with cursive and printed text:
Joseph Hemming
BORN MARCH 4
1808
1833
On either side of the dates are the words:
Aged 25
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
