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Prisoner's love token
Prisoner's love token.
Obverse: Pricked on the smooth surface of a coin starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship at anchor; sun, moon and stars above; masonic signs (left) and (right). On ship's hull, 'T. GOUGH'. Below: '1835.' 'T.G.D.'
Reverse: Two doves, a heart on either side (above), a crown below, between initials 'TG'. Inscription: 'LOVE', 'HAPPY . THE . HOUR . THE . PRISONER . FRE. AND BRAKE . THE . CAHNES . (sic) . OF . SLAVERY. CHARELINE (sic) GOUGH.' Legend: 'THOMAS GOUGH'. Thomas Gough was one of 300 convicts on the 'Aurora' on 18 June 1835 to Van Diemen's Land. He was convicted at Warwick Assizes.
Obverse: Pricked on the smooth surface of a coin starboard broadside view of a full-rigged ship at anchor; sun, moon and stars above; masonic signs (left) and (right). On ship's hull, 'T. GOUGH'. Below: '1835.' 'T.G.D.'
Reverse: Two doves, a heart on either side (above), a crown below, between initials 'TG'. Inscription: 'LOVE', 'HAPPY . THE . HOUR . THE . PRISONER . FRE. AND BRAKE . THE . CAHNES . (sic) . OF . SLAVERY. CHARELINE (sic) GOUGH.' Legend: 'THOMAS GOUGH'. Thomas Gough was one of 300 convicts on the 'Aurora' on 18 June 1835 to Van Diemen's Land. He was convicted at Warwick Assizes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC1691 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Engraved commemorative coin |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Creator: | Unknown; Thomas Gough |
| Date made: | 1835 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 mm |