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1836: Walter Jones

Object number: 2008.0039.0180

1836: Walter Jones

Object number: 2008.0039.0180

Diameter: 36mm, thickness: 2mm

Front:

Token engraved in stippled flowing script:

On Exile
land i’m doomb’d
to roam. Far from my
parents and my home
That cruel Jew did me
betray. And swore my
innocent life away

Underneath is a decorative stippled line followed by the words:

August Asize
1836

Back:

Token engraved with stippled text and images. In the centre of the token is a man, chained at the feet and hands, standing among plants and vines. Underneath is engraved in stippled flowing script surrounded by flourishes:

Walter Jones
age 18
1836

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Simon Barnard

30th Nov 2015

For more info on this token, see that of James Pratt

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