Love token - Bottle, pipes, glass
Title
Love token - Bottle, pipes, glass
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of copper halfpenny rubbed smooth and engraved with image of various tools, name and year. Side one: image of a bottle, a glass and two pipes; also engraved with 'Fine for 5 years in Newgate. John Leross 1775', in capitals. Side two: various tools.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; engraved date: 1775
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Format
Copper halfpenny, 28.4 mm
Identifier
M170
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
- Date Added
- July 12, 2013
- Collection
- Maidstone Museum
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- convict, copper, engraved date 1775, halfpenny, initials, location, name
- Citation
- Unknown, “Love token - Bottle, pipes, glass,” When this you see remember me, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lovetokens.omeka.net/items/show/171.