Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Transportation token: a George III Penny, 1797, rev. planed flat and stipple-engraved (Sister Ann when this you see think on me Pascal Baillieu). Fair to fine; an unusual numismatic association with transportation £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Engraved Coins formed by the late Richard Law.

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Provenance: Bt in York January 2013.

Pascal Baillieu, the son of Etienne Lambert Baillieu and Ann Taylor, was born in Bristol on 19 July 1804. His sister, Ann, the intended recipient of this token, was born on 18 January 1807. A sailor, Baillieu was reported to be a widower by the time he was charged, along with his father-in-law and other family members, for forging counterfeit coins and for being in possession of impressions and moulds for coining. He was convicted at Bristol Quarter Sessions on 9 October 1837 and sentenced to 7 years transportation (at the time uttering false coin was only a transportable offence if committed for a second time, so he was a repeat offender). He sailed for New South Wales on the Lord Lyndoch on 2 April 1838. He received his Certificate of Freedom on 21 December 1844, returned to England and died at Brentford on 20 October 1880