Auction Catalogue

2 October 2013

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 637

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2 October 2013

Hammer Price:
£650

Miscellaneous, Transportation token, a copper Penny-sized blank, stipple-engraved (When this you see Remember me and bear me in your mind let all the world say what), rev. (They will, Speak of me as you find G. Lake May 12 1831), 34mm, 15.85g (cf. Millett pp.91-3). Fine £100-150

Efforts to trace a G. Lake among the lists of convicts transported to Australia as early as 1831 have not so far met with success