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LOT 483

Sold for (Inc. bp): £184

GEORGE III - CARTWHEEL PENNY - PRISON ART - CONVICT TOKEN
(24.52 grams.).

Host coin is a 1797 cartwheel penny of George III. Both sides smoothed and inscribed 'FORGET Me NOT 06 Sept 1832' and 'Keepsake from I'no Hurley to Jon'h Martin'. Inscription fresh; toned.

LITERATURE:
See Timothy Millett, Convict Love Tokens for information on these tokens.