Description:

Typical stippled inscription on a smoothed English Penny. Obverse reads : WILLI/AM x FOST/ER x WHEN/THIS x YOU x/SEE x REM/EMBER x/ME x . Reverse continues : WHEN x/I AM x FAR/A x WAY x/FROM x THEE/MAY x 5/1836

    Dimensions:
  • Diameter 36mm
  • Exhibited:
  • Medals, Commemorative
  • Literature:
  • Coins, Monies & Stamps
  • Medium:
  • 393
  • Circa:
  • Collectibles
  • Notes:
  • One of the most troubling aspects of life in Georgian England was the very young age of some of the convicts transported to the colonies and the relatively minor charges that led to their banishment. Such was the case of the 'William Foster' the subject of this token. There are two possible candidates for the William Foster whose name is stippled on this smoothed English penny and who was transported to the colonies in 1836. The first William Foster was a 13 year old boy when on the 7th March, 1836 he was convicted for housebreaking and was transported to Van Diemen's land on the 'Royal Sovereign' in August 1836. The second William Foster was just 16 on April 4th 1836 when he was convicted of stealing fowls and transported to Van Diemen's Land in July of the same year. It must have been a hardened criminal justice system that tore these boys from their families and sent them to a foreign land and an unknown fate. A heart-rending token of an unjust system.

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