Love token - Wounded but by one
Title
Love token - Wounded but by one
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of a George II copper halfpenny, rubbed smooth and engraved. Side one: image of a bird with an olive branch and "Wm. Lander October 25th 1777" engraved. Side two: image of a pierced heart with 10 arrows, and the idiom "Wounded but by one" engraved and highlighted in white.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; engraved date: 1777
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper halfpenny
Identifier
M106
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper halfpenny
Physical Dimensions
27.4mm
- Date Added
- January 9, 2013
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- bird, copper, courtship, engraved date 1777, family, halfpenny, heart, idiom
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Wounded but by one,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/109.