Love token - Initials C.P. G.P. S.H. G.P.
Title
Love token - Initials C.P. G.P. S.H. G.P.
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of copper cartwheel penny rubbed smooth and engraved with initials and idiom. Side one: engraved image of a heart, pierced with two arrows and a crown on top, with roses around it; the initials "C.P. G.P. S.H. G.P." also engraved, along with date 1827.
Side two: engraved with idiom "A true heart ought never be forgotten".
Side two: engraved with idiom "A true heart ought never be forgotten".
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; engraved date: 1827
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper cartwheel penny
Identifier
M108
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper cartwheel penny
Physical Dimensions
36mm
- Date Added
- February 18, 2013
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- cartwheel, copper, family, heart, idiom, initials, separation
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Initials C.P. G.P. S.H. G.P.,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/111.