Hi Paul - we have not yet traced the history of this particular token. It is an interesting question and does make you wonder what the story behind the engraving is. There are many possibilities including that the token may not be a convict token but some other form of keepsake - even that raises some questions! We will certainly keep digging and hope for a solution.

thanks for your reply. I have a similar one in my collection and am intrigued!

Indeed! It would be great to hear more about your collection -(I'd love to see an image of your similar example) each token is so rich and there are so many possibilities. It is great to know what is out there in private collections as looking at types, patterns and different stories helps us to piece together puzzles such as this one.

Hi Sophie,
Here are the photo's of the love token I was talking to you about. It is a photo of a photo as my coins are all a safe deposit box