Love token - Hawick
Title
Love token - Hawick
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
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. Leonards Edinburgh, dated 1796 with fouled anchor.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; original token dated 1796
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Format
Copper halfpenny, Edinburgh trade token
Identifier
M011
Coverage
Eighteenth/early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper halfpenny, Edinburgh trade token
Physical Dimensions
29.25mm
- Date Added
- November 23, 2011
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- copper, halfpenny, heart, initials, location, original coin dated 1797, trade token
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Hawick,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/11.