Undated:
Object number: 2007.0049.0001
Undated:
Object number: 2007.0049.0001
Details
Diameter: 35mm, thickness: 4mm
Front:
Token engraved on a 1797 cartwheel penny still bearing the date and the word ‘Britannia’. Ornately engraved text reads:
Let not
Absence
Bannish
LOVE
Back:
Token engraved on a 1797 cartwheel penny still bearing the text ‘GEORGIUS III DG REX’. In the centre is engraved the image of a long-haired woman standing on the shore next to a palm tree, with an anchor at her feet. There is a ship sailing on the horizon and birds flying above it.
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Comments
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Paul Ware
14th May 2018
Hi April
Really nice coin, but my thoughts are that it could possibly be a Sailors Farewell Token??
Just putting it out there.
April
16th May 2018
Hi Paul
Yes you could be right? I have a few sailors love tokens in my collection and to my knowledge the majority were done on very early to mid 18th c silver coins. This image is also very popular on neoclassical mourning jewelry, I think we sometimes want to interpret the image to what it appears at face value? But symbolism was used in many ways. I think it could be likely a convict or sailors. It's a great coin! I wish I knew. :-)
April
12th May 2018
So simple, but the sentiment so powerful.