Cheque piece/convict token, copper alloy [bronze], Australia, Colony of New
South Wales, c 1788. Meduim size disc/ token that gave a convict the authority to draw rations from governmment stores. Disc is blank on reverse, obverse: stamped with and arrow pointing upward/ 363/R" in large deep clearly marked figures. There is a reddish tinge to the surface patina.

New South Wales, Australia

Convict relics

Convicts

Colonial History of New South Wales

Australian settlement

History of Sydney

87/1319 Cheque piece / convict token, copper alloy, New South Wales, Australia, c 1788.

Substitutes for money that move within a limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for particular goods or services, and are made from hard substances whose intrinsic value is always less than the stated value (Getty Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, 2005).

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Australian convict token from the Colony of New South Wales

Object No. 87/1319

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