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Pillar of the Community
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice workmanship on the obverse but what is with all the scratching under chin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe that would be more referred to as a love token and not a hobo. Nice one to find!
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Pillar of the Community
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can't say ,maybe was going to do more to it, like both sides, will have to ask C F , who that might be.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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As a love token it has value. I collect love tokens. Check ebay. They were not commonly made in the one cent denominations, but were usually in silver. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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T B love token not hobo ? how do we tell one from the other? at first I thought it was a music note of some kind.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not sure I've eve seen a love token on an Indian cent. Shame about the defacing. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6116 Posts |
Not an expert, but hobo seems to refer to a new artsy design generally based on the obverse bust. A love token is when one side gets ground flat and someone's initials were cut into it usually in a fancy from just like yours and often with that extra bit of design around the edges.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't like it when anybody defaces any coin for any reason.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree with merclover... leave it alone. Do not clean it, buff it or dip it!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At that time, silver was used a lot for jewelry. Why? Because it only cost a dime for the silver and they were altered for a special occasion. (The the term love token)   Why did they call it a "Love Token"? Because the giver would give this to who he cared about, and said "This is a Token of My Love." Edited by coop
02/17/2020 3:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just put it in a 2x2 , I don't clean coins ,I tried the nail cleaner on a new penny didn't do anything (cleaning wise ) so I just leave them the way I get them. Here olive oil works , but just no time to try. maybe if I retire I'll try.this does look cleaned to me ,but may of just been put away , who knows.if it was C M (cookiemonster ) not C F , that would of been cool . happy hunting  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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oriole, is this some thing you might want ? or should I just post it on ebay? (I have never sold a coin ,or have ebay account ) |
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Posted 02/16/2020 10:27 am
