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Valued Member
United States
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710 pieces struck. Someone was insanely rich and insanely in Love. Sellers pics;   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
...interesting. But really cool. I know some will put sad faces because they are mad someone turned a proof into a love token.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1704 Posts |
How did they attribute this dollar as a proof? Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1662 Posts |
Not rich, only worth a dollar when the engraving was done. 'Proof'?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The obverse looks harshly cleaned.  The lavishly detailed carving on the reverse is almost certainly contemporary (late 1800's - early 1900's), a unique piece of history in its own right, really. You didn't have to be "insanely rich" to buy a Proof Morgan back then. Even now, you could probably find an PR-60/62 1887 Proof Morgan for under $3000. This is far above a contemporary "potty" Trade dollar.  Edited by DNA
12/01/2012 6:44 pm
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 United States
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It's a beautiful Love Token in its' own right - excellent, professional craftsmanship. Quote:
How did they attribute this dollar as a proof? The die markers for Morgan Proofs are known - most of them were also used later in business strikes. For 1887, enough of the markers (VAM-32 is the Proof die pair) are known in areas on the obverse which would have survived what happened here to make positive identification possible. Not all years would necessarily have been possible, but this one was. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That actually is a very well done love token and appears a lot of effort was put into it.
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
Nicely engraved. Interesting piece.
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
i was actually looking at proof morgans on the bay last night you can get some nice ones for around 1500
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
Odd question: Was there an "accepted order" of overlap which would allow someone to translate the initials in proper order?
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
Very well done engraving! Cool pickup.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
844 Posts |
So as far as "Love Tokens" are concerned, would that cleaning effect the value?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1721 Posts |
I've been buying and selling love tokens since I learned about them in the late 1980's. This is a great way to cherry pick your local B&M. In the last month I've bought three and almost doubled my money. Some coin guys treat love tokens like the plague. Take their ignorance to the bank. If you have never seen or heard of these, be sure to look at some on ebay. There are ones with artwork that is unbelievable. The B&M near me has a Seated half dollar love token but someone has added to the artwork with random deep scratches  . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Jaymon74,
I would say maybe because this hurts eye appeal. Just like any antique, a harsh cleaning is almost always bad. However, their is no set values for these things so they'll bring what somebody is willing to pay. And in some cases it's a lot.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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that one should be SPL I think. The initials goes the Middle is the one the represents the Last name, the others the first latter will look like it is in front of the second letter in this case it would be S in front of the P. This is how I would translate these initials anyway
On this one my question is what in the world is that on the tip of the L, I have no idea what that is supposed to represent, was thinking JR or something but I don't see a "J", just the R
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
I'm thinking SRL. The shading in the object under the right of the 'L' matches the shading on the letter that looks like a P.
That thing is awesome.
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Posted 12/01/2012 6:18 pm
