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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Found this coin amongst some world stuff, looks like someone turned a decent large cent into some type of jewelry piece... Has anyone seen anything similar or know the history of why this was done?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you do a CCF search for "Love Token" you may see a few more like this.
Yours is particularly attractive with the color added!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yours is particularly attractive with the color added!  As to why? Love.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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, too. Usually I shake my head -- why do people do such things to coins? But this is really nice. It looks like enamel was used for the color and it is clearly the work of a jeweler with some skills. You might be able to tell from the rim if it was in a bezel or had something attached to make it a pendent. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1949 Posts |
Haha, every love token I had seen before has been far more crude than this, Buddy, I checked out the rim and it does look like it may have been mounted at some point, but was very skillfully removed, almost no trace on the rim, the entire rim has actually been reeded, which I didn't catch before!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8515 Posts |
Oh very nice ! You could get a pretty penny for that.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
Excellent job for a love token, esp with the enameling
a beauty
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
No electricity means no TV = people had time on their hands!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Love tokens on cents or large cents are quite unusual, and this is an exceptional one!
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Valued Member
United States
320 Posts |
I have a few love tokens and yours is the nicest by far I have seen. The ones I have are initials carved into the reverse with no color. Although the carving is nice, I would throw them out if I had yours. I'm sure someone would pay you good money for that
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Valued Member
United States
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That sure is unique, I like it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2368 Posts |
Is that turquoise and gold? Cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
Cool.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Im sure someone would pay you good money for that Well we will find out  Just listed online, curious to see what it will bring, I agree it's a beautiful piece but I have little to no interest in this aspect of collecting... Should be fun to see what it goes for! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8515 Posts |
Sweet ! Got it on my watch list.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8515 Posts |
$114.00 not bad !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Posted 08/29/2014 3:50 pm
