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Pillar of the Community
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Unusual farthing-sized counter or token in bronze. The obverse has the normal Queen Victoria young head portrait as seen on copper coins and tokens.   The other side has L N with a flower between the letters countermarked on a blank field. Edited by Pertinax
08/13/2025 11:49 am
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 United States
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Very interesting!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
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I don't think this is an unofficial farthing - there's no advert and the flowers and letter are countermarks. According to Numista, the UK bronze farthing had a diameter of 20mm I don't think everything of this size and shape was intended to circulate as an unofficial farthing, for example, these playing card counters   This specimen has a diameter of 22mm, but another of this type has a diameter of 20mm.   Diameter 23mm I regard this as a medalet for the International Exhibition of 1852, and its diameter 22mm  but they all have a similar young head portrait of Victoria.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What about a "Hobo" style coin - somebody ground of the details on the coin and did their own counter stamping!  |
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Australia
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I would concur - it's a 'love token", made from a card counter.
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I would concur - it's a 'love token", made from a card counter. I think a love token is unlikely. I've only once seen a duplicated love token - 2 George III halfpennies with names of lovers, one of whom was transported. I've never seen a group.  |
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I would agree - "multiple identical love tokens" would require someone to have, um, multiple love interests. So that theory can be discounted.
My next best guess would be personalized gambling tokens - in an age when gambling was either illegal or strictly controlled, putting your full name on your gambling tokens might be risky - so these have their initials instead.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What about hop tokens?
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Posted 08/13/2025 12:21 pm
