Add one of the most unique modern Royal Australian Mint releases to your collection with the 2016 $1 Convict Love Tokens 3 Coin Copper Set. This official RAM issue features three Australian legal tender $1 coins inspired by genuine convict love tokens emotional handmade keepsakes created by convicts before transportation and given to loved ones as mementos.
The set includes three individually carded antique copper uncirculated $1 coins, each based on historic convict token designs. These pieces capture a powerful part of Australia’s colonial history, combining numismatic collecting with early Australian convict heritage.
The Royal Australian Mint struck these coins in antique copper, with each coin designed to resemble the look and feel of the original engraved tokens. The National Museum of Australia notes that convict love tokens were made around sentencing and given to friends or loved ones as personal keepsakes.
Included Designs
Forget Me Not
Gaol Bird / Jail Bird
When This You See, Remember Me
Key Features
Country: Australia
Year: 2016
Denomination: 3x $1 coins
Theme: Convict Love Tokens
Finish: Uncirculated
Metal: Copper / antique copper finish
Weight: 14.30g each
Diameter: 33.04mm each
Packaging: 3 individually carded coins
Mint: Royal Australian Mint
Legal tender: Australian $1 coins
Mintage: 30,000 total / commonly listed as 10,000 of each design
Collector references list the set as a 2016 Convict Love Tokens Copper Dollar Coin Set with a total mintage of 30,000, while CoinWeek reported the series as 10,000 coins for each of the three designs.
Perfect for collectors of Australian $1 coins, Royal Australian Mint carded coins, copper coins, convict history, colonial Australia memorabilia and low-mintage RAM releases.
