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Love token - Initials T.W.
Image of copper halfpenny, rubbed smooth and engraved. Side one: one heart pierced with two arrows, and the message 'TW to IL' inscribed underneath. A…
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 - George Abbott
Image of a copper cartwheel coin rubbed smooth and pin-pricked with names and idioms. Side one: engraved with "When this you see think of me when I am far away, The gift is small but love is all G. Abbott to S. Smith" in block style lettering. Side…
Love token - Dear Jane
Image of a copper cartwheel coin rubbed smooth and pin-pricked with names and date and idioms. Side one: inscribed with idiom "Dear Jane When this you See Remember Me when I am far away from thee Feb 10 JC". Side two: "1840 Dear Jane when this I…
Love token - Sophia Jinks and soldier
Image of a copper cartwheel coin rubbed smooth and engraved with domestic scene, figure of woman and soldier in uniform.
Side one: outline of house, field, tree and woman in dress, bonnet and apron feeding chickens. Inscribed with "Sophia Jinks Aged…
Side one: outline of house, field, tree and woman in dress, bonnet and apron feeding chickens. Inscribed with "Sophia Jinks Aged…
Love token - Snake and staff
Image of a copper cartwheel penny, rubbed smooth and engraved on both sides. Side one: outline of a snake coiled around a staff (symbol of medicine). Side two: crude outline of a head with neck length hair, highlighted in white.
Love token - Receive this trifle
Image of a cartwheel twopence coin, rubbed smooth and engraved with an image, date and idiom. Side one: image of two birds facing each other with branches of leaves in their beaks and two hearts above, and the date 1799. Side two: engraved with the…
Love token - Ship and anchor
Image of a copper cartwheel penny, rubbed smooth and engraved with outline of three masted ship and fouled anchor Side one: fouled anchor with stars and foliage. Side two: three masted ship with two decks, flags and pennants at sea, highlighted in…
Love token - Ann Phillips & William Higgs
Image of a copper cartwheel twopence, which has been altered into a dish shape. Side one: "My heart is fix'd it cannot range I love my choice too well to change" and "Ann Phillips" in script style lettering, all outlined in white. Side two: "Wm Higgs…