Convict Love Token - Undated
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Token engraved on a 1797 cartwheel penny still bearing the text ‘GEORGIUS III DG REX’. In the centre is engraved the image of a long-haired woman standing on the shore next to a palm tree, with an anchor at her feet. There is a ship sailing on the horizon and birds flying above it.
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Token engraved on a 1797 cartwheel penny still bearing the date and the word ‘Britannia’. Ornately engraved text reads:
Let not
Absence
Bannish
LOVE
Diameter
35.0 mm
Copyright: National Museum of Australia
