Convict Love Token - 1836 - G Coates
G Coates, 17, a labourer, was sentenced to three months in the Middlesex House of Correction on 19 August 1836 for stealing a necklace.
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with stippled border and stippled cursive text:
A . token
from
G . Coates
1836
Front
Token engraved with stippled border and stippled cursive text:
Forget
me not
my dear
Mother
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
