Love token - Jeremiah Douglas
Title
Love token - Jeremiah Douglas
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of copper halfpenny, rubbed smooth and engraved. Side one: one heart pierced with two arrows, the name "Jeremiah Douglas", and a picture of a feline animal underneath. (The letters "I" and "J" were interchangeable in the 18th century.) Side two: the image of a bird on a branch with ring in beak, and the date "1788" inscribed on the right.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Unknown; engraved date 1788
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper halfpenny, 27.2 mm
Identifier
M184
Coverage
Eighteenth/ early nineteenth century
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