ENGLISH TOKENS - MR HUGHES - CONVICT LOVE TOKEN 19th century AD Made on a smoothed 1797 cartwheel penny. Obv: engraved in lines 'A / Present / FROM Mr HUGHES' above a pair of hearts over crossed arrows with bow over within wreath. Rev: engraved 'LOVE' at centre with bow and crossed arrows and two lovebirds blowing hearts above and spray of roses below within wreath. 22.17 grams. [No Reserve] Condition Extremely fine. Literature See Field and Millett, Convict Love Tokens, Wakefield Press, 1998 for similar examples. Footnotes Convict love tokens, almost always on copper coins, were produced as keepsakes for family and loved ones, especially when the convict was facing transportation to Australia; they provide a fascinating insight into and connection with those who were convicted and banished from England in the early to mid 19th century.
ENGLISH TOKENS - MR HUGHES - CONVICT LOVE TOKEN 19th century AD Made on a smoothed 1797 cartwheel penny. Obv: engraved in lines 'A / Present / FROM Mr HUGHES' above a pair of hearts over crossed arrows with bow over within wreath. Rev: engraved 'LOVE' at centre with bow and crossed arrows and two lovebirds blowing hearts above and spray of roses below within wreath. 22.17 grams. [No Reserve] Condition Extremely fine. Literature See Field and Millett, Convict Love Tokens, Wakefield Press, 1998 for similar examples. Footnotes Convict love tokens, almost always on copper coins, were produced as keepsakes for family and loved ones, especially when the convict was facing transportation to Australia; they provide a fascinating insight into and connection with those who were convicted and banished from England in the early to mid 19th century.
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