Coins and Australia - 1821 - Convict love tokens

Convict Love Token - 1821 - James Hammons

Transcription

Back

Token engraved with stippled cursive text:

When
this you see
think of me
When i am in
A forren
Cuntery

Front

Token (possibly unfinished) engraved with three lines of stippled text in the top half only:

James
Hammons
Aged 18. 1821

Diameter

36.0 mm

Copyright: National Museum of Australia

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