Australian Historical Medals
Lot 634 Session 3 (2.30pm Tue 23 Nov) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $2,500
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CONVICT LOVE TOKEN, crudely engraved on the obverse of a cartwheel penny, `Letty / Platt / H.B' entwined in a floral garland. Very fine.
No record of a woman convict named Letty (Leticia or Scarlett) Platt can be found, although interestingly the Powerhouse Museum Collection does contain an undated convict token with an engraving of a male convict with the initials H.B.
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