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Love token - Thomas Greatman
Image of copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved. Side one: 'Thomas Greatman 1726'. Side two: picture of a man riding a horse.
Love token - Elizabeth Crouch
Image of copper halfpenny rubbed down and engraved with image of a harlequin, names and date. Side one: image of a dancing harlequin, with house and tree, engraved and highlighted in white. Side two: the name and date "Elizh Crouch 1756" engraved and…
Love Token - Kneeling convict
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and pin-pricked with initials and outline of a man. Side one: image of chained and kneeling man with foliage in the style of the Wedgewood slave medallion. Side two: initials "J.P.", appears unfinished.
Love token - George Shelley
Image of a copper coin rubbed down and engraved with names and outline of a ship. Side one: "Forget me note" above image of three masted ship. Side two: "George Shelley to Ann Shelley." Both sides decorated with flourishes. Script style lettering,…
Love Token - George Shelley bound to slavery
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with names and outline of a prison hulk. Side one: inscribed with idiom "When this you see Remember me When I am bound To Slavery" above image of a prison hulk, highlighted in white. Side two: "George…
Love token - John Lisk and Elisabeth Hobbs
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with names and a wheatsheaf. Side one: "John Lisk Elisabeth Hobbs" with decorative border. Side two: image of a wheatsheaf, symbol of peace and plenty, highlighted in white. All in Roman Block style…
Love token - Betrothal
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with initials and promise of wedlock. Side one: inscribed with idiom "J Suear by chaste Diana I will be in sacred wedlock ever join'd to thee." Side two: initials "I.B." Roman Block style lettering on…
Love token - Initials G.C.& T.C.H.
Image of a William III silver half crown rubbed smooth and engraved with two sets of initials. Side one: initials "G.C"
Side two: initials "T.C.H."
Side two: initials "T.C.H."
Love token - Betty Cross
Image of a silver coin rubbed smooth and engraved with name. Side one: engraved with "Betty Cross" (spelt "Crofs", as "f" in the eighteenth century indicated a long "s"), in Roman cursive style lettering. Side two: as minted - head of William III.
Love token - My heart is fixt
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with hearts and idiom. Side one: two overlapping, bleeding and flaming hearts pierced diagonally by two arrows. "Elizabeth Phipps" above and date "1781" below. Side two: "My heart is fixt I cannot…
Love token - Hawick
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with initials and location name. Side one: initials with two overlapping hearts and the word "Amity" above, and "Hawick" - a Scottish town - below. Side two: As normal, H. Harrison trade token, St.…