Help Me Out. Seated Liberty Error Or Something Else?

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BigRob New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 12:37 am I had a coin collection left to me by my grandfather. I never really went through it to see the interesting coins he had until today. So I found an interesting coin, did a search online and it looks like a Seated Liberty dime. It's very worn, the front has the seated liberty, the stars around her and the year 1858. The back however is nothing like any of the Seated Liberty coins I've seen online. The back has no words but just a symbol. It looks like 2 letters going through each other. I think the letters are a J and either a G or C. I have no idea if this is a very rare coin, an error or a fake. Can someone help me out with this? I've attached the pics below so you can make your own assumption. Image: SANY0249.jpg 33.67 KB Image: SANY0250.jpg 28.66 KB Edited by BigRob 08/04/2008 12:44 am Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 12:41 am It's called a "Love Token" They are very collectible and in some cases carry a very nice premium Report this Post to the Staff
BigRob New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 12:54 am So can you tell me how much this "love token" might go for? Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 12:56 am Just to kinda give ya an idea http://coins.search.ebay.com/love-t...QsacatZ11116 Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 01:01 am The engraving style is very typical for the period. Report this Post to the Staff
BigRob New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 01:23 am were there a bunch made with the same engravings or do different engravings have different meanings? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/04/2008 05:42 am In the 1870's and 1880's it was a common practice for a young man to take a coin and have one side planed off smooth and then have his initials engraved upon it. This token of his love would then be offered to the object of his affection. If accepted it could or would be be seen as an sign of betrothal. (The concept of the diamond engagement ring is a modern creation of the DeBeers company as a method of increasing demand for diamonds.) Other times the coins would be engraved with the initials of the children and used as bangles on bracelets or necklaces. Engravings can range from simple and crude, to very fancy professional engraving with diamond cuts, inlays, and multilayering of gold and silver. Report this Post to the Staff
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