Coins and Australia - 1837 - Convict love tokens

Convict Love Token - 1837 - R Myer

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Token engraved with 11 lines of stippled text:

WHEN
THIS YOU
SEE REMEMBER
ME AND BEAR ME
IN YOUR MIND LET
ALL THE WORLD SAY
WHAT THEY WHILL
DONT PROVE TO
ME UN KIND
FEBRUARY.
13. 1837.

Front

Token engraved with a stippled image of a man walking, wearing flowing chains from his wrists to ankles. Running vertically up the right side are two lines of text (the top line of which has been scored through):

R. [MYER].
. AGED . 21 .

Diameter

36.0 mm

Copyright: National Museum of Australia

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