Lot 833
Sale 141 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Convict Love Token, engraved on a 1797 cartwheel penny shaved smooth on both sides, one side is floral decorated and on the other side is engraved, "Maria Harvey/when/this you see,/remember me and/hear me in your/mind, let all the/world say what/they will speak/of me as you/Find". Very fine.
Maria Harvey, aged 23, servant, sentenced to life in the colonies for theft pocket picking. She arrived at Sydney, NSW on 6 June 1821. With research.
- Estimate
- $2,000
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $4,400