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Image of Convict Love Token B
Author Token
Binding Plastic Cased
Edition Facsimile
Condition New.
Item Status New, available and in stock
Publisher Wellington Bridge Press
Release Date 30 Jan 2023
Price
$8.95
Weight 0.156kg
ISBN WBPS0046

Convicts made love tokens soon after hearing about their fate (transporation to the colonies). Love tokens were mainly made from old copper coins rubbed smooth and then engraved with a message - some only had a few words., while others had ornate designs. If convicts did not have the skill to engrave the coin themselves they often employed somone else to make them. The tokens were given to their loved ones left behind,

Plastic sealed sleeve containing Coin or Token in cardboard surround and printed explanation.