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1839: Samuel Smith / C

Object number: 2007.0050.0003

1839: Samuel Smith / C

Object number: 2007.0050.0003

Diameter: 35mm, thickness: 2mm

Front:

Token engraved with the image of a man wearing a jacket, waistcoat and top hat. He is waving to a ship sailing on water represented by engraved zigzag lines. There are birds in the sky, and possibly the initial:

C

Back:

Token engraved with the image of a peacock standing on grass and surrounded by leafy branches. Five lines of stippled text read:

SAMUEL
SMITH . AGED
34 , 7 , YS , 1839
REMEMBER , ME
WHEN FAR AWAY

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