Need Help With An Odd 1880 Morgan Dollar | Love Token

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red_green17 New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 06/17/2012 4:44 pm Hey everyone! I wanted to throw this out to the masses to see if anyone can help to identify my coin. What I do know is that it was minted in 1880 in the US. It resembles a typical Morgan dollar for the time period on the face side with the liberty head and font for the wording. However on the other side, it has a very unique design that I have not been able to uncover online. To note, on the crown, there is the typical "Liberty" written and in latin on the coin is written "E Pluribus Unum" - again, typical of a Morgan dollar. The only bad part about the coin is that someone at some point attempted to make this into a necklace by the half drilled hole that is noticeable. Also the pictures aren't the best (we took them really quickly this morning). Anyone have any idea as to what coin this is exactly? Is this a variation of an 1880 Morgan dollar? Anyone have an idea on value even? Thanks! Identified - moved to Classic US Varieties/Errors forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

ErrorCoins222 Pillar of the Community United States 1699 Posts	Posted 06/17/2012 5:15 pm It looks like a love token, and a well done one at that. It did not come out of the mint this way, but was crafted after the fact. I would say there is definantly a premium over a typical Morgan dollar. Report this Post to the Staff
tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 06/17/2012 5:23 pm It also looks like it was made into a pin. Report this Post to the Staff
chris12018 Pillar of the Community United States 2130 Posts	Posted 06/17/2012 9:31 pm I have a couple of cuff links made from Seated dimes. Report this Post to the Staff
red_green17 New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 06/18/2012 8:32 pm Thanks everyone! As I said, this has been puzzling me for awhile so it is fantastic to receive quick and informative responses. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 06/19/2012 12:46 pm there are allot of Love Token collectors out there. They can sometimes bring more money than a coin of the same date if someone wants those initials. I have collected some for each family member of my family and the two and three letters that match someones name is really hard to find. I recently found one with BR initials on a Seated dime and purchased it because it was my initials Report this Post to the Staff
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