Convict love token stamped with the initials JH and SO
A convict token inscribed on a Great Britain cartwheel penny from 1797 with the obverse shaved and engraved thereon an image of what appears to be the ship BRITANNIA, below the initials JH and SO, under this the year 1798.
BRITANNIA arrived at Sydney, NSW on 18 July 1798 carrying 97 female convicts. Included among these was Johanna Hore, whom it is believed could be JH. Johanna Hore was convicted at Devon Assizes in early 1798 sentenced to 14 years and transported. It is believed she settled in Australia.