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Lately, I've been acquiring some love tokens for fairly cheap off of ebay. If I can get one that looks like it has a lot of design and took a lot of effort to put in, for fairly cheap (under $10-15) I'll snatch it up. Grabbed this one yesterday for $7.00, minus the hole it's an amazing piece! 182290120338Also received this one last week, my mom LOVES love tokens, haha, so she was shocked when I showed her this one...and mentioned how much I paid in addition too. The second picture isn't the same coin by the way, it's really an 1853 Seated dime w/ Arrows in XF+ condition. 172332793108I don't think any of these threads exist yet, so why not start one! Edited by CoinHuntingDrew
09/28/2016 1:30 pm
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I have some but I'll have to look for the ebay links. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Bedrock of the Community
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I didn't know this was a thing. Pretty cool. Some of them look like they take a lot of work and skill.
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Good idea drew. Here's mine I wear daily. Its a civil war era (assuming) love token on $1 gold piece 1849-54. Gold love tokens are quite rare realtivly as it was a much larger sum back then...   Ps, have you seen this site drew? Click on "pictorial" at the top... http://lovetokensociety.com/history/love-tokens/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Rest in Peace
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Cascade, great love token!
Thanks for that link. It was fun to look at all the different designs.
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Also, heads up, also looking to buy the initials "AJS", "AS", "BS", "B", and "BLS"
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  Yes, it is a 1848 CAL $2.50 gold piece |
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Here's a love token badge that I've had for many years. The pin is absent. R.P. Smiley was listed as a farmer in the 1860 census, then aged 26 years. Apparently, while clearing their farmland, the lumber business flourished. Waterford (misspelled Watterford on the token) is located southwest of Erie, PA. What I like about this one is that it's attributed to a specific owner. I have yet to learn more about R.P. There were many Smileys farming and in the lumber business in that region. Whomever gave this token to R.P. obviously intended that he take pride in his occupation as a lumberman ...   |
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ExoGuy - I've always wondered if these pins would be easy to repair without harming the coin any further. That's an amazing piece.
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I don't think that was a pin drew. Looks like a hinge and pin attached. If so it would have been a locket front or the top of a poison ring. Very cool... again... exo!
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Thanks for the acknowledgement, guys. I do suspect that the reverse mechanism was a hinged pin though, as I've seen similar settings before. The wearing of the pin would make it more likely to snag, catch on something and break.
What struck me as unusual about this piece was the occupation. It's not one that is often associated with a badge ... like a conductor, an official or someone who's more in the public eye. But for the misspelling, it is well crafted.
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I own one myself that was once a pin. However, instead of using a silver backing for the pin they used brass (or I guess gold, but I HIGHLY doubt it). Of course it's broken over time. If this thread continues to keep going, I'd love to see someone who has one with the pin still intact!
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Here is one I picked up a long time ago.   |
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Interesting piece, Gary! I've not seen the like of it before, what with a group of coins, spelling a name. I do suspect that there was a similar pin, once affixed to the reverse of my lumberman piece.
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