Convict Love Token - 1838 - John Turner
Transcription
Back
Token engraved with a large stippled square frame, bordered on all four sides with a decorative stippled curving line. There is a heart in each corner of the square frame, enclosing stippled cursive text:
John.
Turner.
Aged. 2.1
At base is the stippled date:
1.8.3.8
Front
Token engraved with eight lines of stippled cursive text:
When. this.
you. see. remem
ber. me. and bear.
me. in. your min
d. let. all. the wor
ld. say. as. it. will
dont. prove. to
me. unkind
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia