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Joseph Smale love token (front)
National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia
It is likely that this token relates to Joseph Smale, 27, who was tried and convicted at London Gaol Delivery on 20 February 1834 for stealing 17 sheep. He was sentenced to transportation for life. Smale sailed for Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on the George III on 12 December 1834. The ship was wrecked in the mouth of the Derwent River on 12 April 1835, and Smale was listed as one of the 134 people who drowned.
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Details
- Title: Joseph Smale love token (front)
- Date: 1834
- Reverse: Token engraved with decorative stippled embellishments of flowers and leaves, and stippled text: a gift by Josh Smale Feby 20 1834
- Front: Token engraved with eight lines of stippled text; the first and last lines curving around the edge of the token: When this you see Remember.me . And . bear . me . . In . your . mind . . Let . all th[e] . world . Say . what [th]ey will . Speak . of . me . As you find
- External link: Convict love tokens
- Dimensions: Diameter: 36.0mm, thickness: 2.0mm.
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