Convict Love Token - Undated - Jane Jones
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Token engraved around the edge (from top right):
May you blest . with all . that heaven can send long life much
The rest of the coin is filled with the text:
happines
and . A . faithfull
friend may you be
blest with joys like
these & spend your
days in health and
ease, & kindly
still . remember
Mee
Front
Token engraved with a lady wearing a hat with feathers, standing next to a small carved table on which is a basket and another unidentified object. There is a canopy above her, from which hangs a lantern, and between her and the table is engraved the initial:
W
Beneath this scene is a heart surrounded by a wreath. On either side of the heart are two crosses. Around the edge of the coin are two concentric lines of text:
Jane Jones let my body be Were it will my heart shall
Be with you still
Diameter
36.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia