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1840: George West

Object number: 2008.0039.0219

1840: George West

Object number: 2008.0039.0219

Diameter: 34mm, thickness: 2mm

Front:

Token engraved with 10 lines of stippled text, decorated with hearts and flourishes:

WHEN .
THIS YOU
SEE
REMEMBER
ME
GEORGE . WEST .
AGED . 19
TRIED July 10th
10 . years .
1840

Back:

Token made from a George III penny, with the head of the King still visible. Around the border runs the stippled text:

PITTY . THE . FATE . OF GEORGE . WEST . 10 ys

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