Love Token - Kneeling convict
Title
Love Token - Kneeling convict
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
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.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; original coin dated 1797
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper coin
Identifier
M001
Coverage
Eighteenth/early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper cartwheel penny coin
Physical Dimensions
35.8mm
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