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Maritime Engraved Keepsake Love Token

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Token dated 1792. A sailor's love token; the obverse smoothed and inscribed Wm ROSE and ANNA with a pellet, a heart and a cross between. Rev: sailing ship with YARMOUTH HALFPENNY and date below. Edge: with PAYABLE AT THE GLASS WAREHOUSE OF W ARSOLON legend. See Comfort, Sim, ‘Forget Me Not’, London, 2004; D&H Norfolk. 10.69 grams. Numbers of maritime keepsake tokens are known, often engraved with a ship on one side and names on the other. This piece has utilised a struck token halfpenny that already shows a ship, much reducing the work needed to create the keepsake.

The token showing wear, with a few edge knocks; the inscription fresh, scarce.

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