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Deney Briant love token (front)

National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia

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Title: Deney Briant love token (front)
Date: 1831
Reverse: Token engraved with stippled text on the reverse of a cartwheel twopence. On either side of the figure of Britannia runs the text: 7 Y AGED XIX Inside the border between the date 1797 and the word BRITANNIA are the words: SEPR 8 1831 .. o ..
Front: Token engraved with a border of cut marks and the stippled image of a man wearing chains. Inside the border runs the stippled text: YOUR . ILL . FATED . BROTHER . BOUND . IN . SLAVERY . On the inside of this border is the name: .DENEY. . BRIANT.
External link: Convict love tokens
Dimensions: Diameter: 40.0mm, thickness: 5.0mm.

National Museum of Australia

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