Love Token - George Shelley bound to slavery
Title
Love Token - George Shelley bound to slavery
Subject
Numismatic object
Description
Image of a copper coin rubbed smooth and engraved with names and outline of a prison hulk. Side one: inscribed with idiom "When this you see Remember me When I am bound To Slavery" above image of a prison hulk, highlighted in white. Side two: "George Shelley to Mr & Mrs Poivelle & Family". Both sides decorated with flourishes, and inscriptions in script style lettering.
Creator
Unknown
Source
Maidstone Museum Love token collection, Kent, England
Date
Original coin dated 1797
Contributor
Rev. R.W.H. Acworth
Rights
Maidstone Museum, Kent, England
Format
Copper cartwheel coin
Identifier
M004
Coverage
Eighteenth/early nineteenth century
Original Format
Copper cartwheel penny coin
Physical Dimensions
35.5mm
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