It's a "love token". It was made from an ordinary 1883 dime, which has had one side ground away until flat, then had these initials engraved on it, then given as a memento to a loved one.
Some people collect them. To others, they're just "damaged coins".
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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