Lot 424
Sale 88 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, Dr John Chapman Collection
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Description
Forget Me Not token, by convict or ship's boy (35mm) copper (possibly a cartwheel penny 1797), engraved on obverse with a ship, lighthouse, all-seeing eye, anchor, palm tree, coconut pile, water well and the words,'Dear Mother' and the year, 1825, reverse engraved, 'Forget Me / Not / Wm Bath / Aged 15', and a small bird above with a message letter in its beak. Very fine and very scarce.
- Estimate
- $300
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $1,200