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Convict token – Thomas Burbury, 1832

Diameter: 30mm, thickness: 1mm

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Back

Token engraved with stippled cursive text:

When
this you see
think on
me

Token engraved with stippled cursive text:

T. Burbury
Condemned
March 24.
1832.

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Token engraved with stippled cursive text: When this you see think on me Token engraved with stippled cursive text: T. Burbury Condemned March 24. 1832.

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