Australian Historical Medals
Lot 816 Session 3 (2.30pm Tuesday) Australian Historical Medals
Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,500
CONVICT LOVE TOKEN, stippled on a smoothed 1797 cartwheel penny, obverse, 'A Token/from/John Chapman/Aged 20/1832', reverse 'When/this you see/remember me/untill i get my/liberty', two doves between a heart below. Good very fine.
John Chapman was sentenced to 7 years 6th September 1832 for stealing a hankerchief.
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