Going Price For Love Tokens? I Might Have Got A Great Deal.

The value of a token really depends on two things; the quality of the engraving, and the composition of the coin. Obviosuly a dime will be only either base-metal or silver. If it's a contemporary love token then it's likely silver. If so, you're already ahead of the game because you paid less than melt. For US barber and Seated coinage I see most decently engraved examples at $20-$30 from dealers, from a private seller I could see them going as low as $10-$15, but not anywhere near $1. You did quite well. Those people asking $200 are out of their mind (not to day that half of the ebay sellers aren't).

If the love token has initials overtop one another read the first letter as the left-most and last letter as the top-most with the middle letter neither left-most nor top-most. The best love tokens were made in 18th century England as folks were leaving for foreign wars or being transported on sailing ships. Love tokens became popular in America in the 1880s with Seated Liberty dimes being used on bracelets worn by mother, giving the initials of all the children of typically large families. Perhaps they were a convenient means to remember the names of all fourteen children. Some have images of animals, landscapes, seascapes, and commemorate various life events. A type set of love tokens by theme might start with a birth, marriage, and death event, or "hatches, matches and dispatches." Can you tell what event yours is in remembrance of? One sided or two sided? Holed or looped at the top? Fine workmanship or crude? Good subject matter if it contains an image? Mysterious symbols? They can be a great field to collect, as many numismatists regard them as damaged coins of little value. If you can read their message, so much the better. Just remember each is a unique R-9 object of artistic merit besides its bullion value.

Thanks for the link Cascade!

Yes, Cascade, I have been on their site and joined their Facebook group. Sadly I see alot of modern ones being pumped out. Judging by patina and the double letters I want to say it is an original.

I will describe it better later when I have it in hand but it has no loop on it for hanging from a bracelet. That Halifax one you described Pacificoin sounds great. I seen one on the 'Bay made from a Newf gold piece.