Coins and Australia - 1831 - Convict love tokens

Convict Love Token - 1831 - Jo Holloway

Transcription

Back

Token engraved with the stippled image of a man in chains. Text running up either side of the figure reads:

J[o] [Holloway]
AGED 18 1831

Front

Token engraved with nine lines of stippled cursive text:

When
this you see
remember me
and bear me in
your mind let all
the world say what
they will speak 
of me as you
find

Diameter

35.0 mm

Copyright: National Museum of Australia

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