Convict token – Elizabeth Catchpole, 1830

Diameter: 40mm, thickness: 4mm

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Token with a border of stippled leaves and flowers and five lines of stippled text:

TURNKEYSS
AT THE
NORWICH
GAOL
1830

Token with a border of stippled leaves and flowers and four lines of stippled text, ornamented with leaves and flourishes. The top and bottom lines are curved:

ELIZABETH
CATCHPOLE
AGED 20 YRS
15 MAY 1830

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