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Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 11:30 am Yesterday's discourse was quite fulfilling. When my cup of pleasure was finally drained I was still thirsty. I knew I had at least two more love tokens, but I couldn't remember much about them. I wanted to study them alongside yesterday's. The new (to me) idea yesterday of the potential importance of the clasp attachment, silver solder, etc. drew me to this token. If no one minds, I'd like to post it in the forum. Don't worry, I cannot even locate another to post. WHAT I AM ABLE TO DISCERN: The Seated Liberty quarter was well-circulated before re-purposing. The love token itself went around the block a few times. The image is blurry, so is the token, but if you had it in hand, the large "MARIE" would be unmistakable. The engraving above is undecipherable by me. The initial character is a capital "M"; the last seems to be an "a". I don't think Perly from Austin put the hole in the top. I think Perly was a collector. I think maybe MARIE may have had the hole drilled after the clasp went the way of most clasps. What vexes me is the wear on the engraved surface. What forces might bring that about? The dates fascinate me Fort Sumter to Pearl Harbor. Kevin Report this Post to the Staff

Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 1:36 pm Another interesting piece! It looks like half of a hinged locket or pocket watch cover with a "love token." It could have been modified to the state you see here and used as a key chain where it could have picked up years of wear. I think the hole may have been added later as it doesn't show the same amount of artistic care that was taken with the other modifications of the piece. If it is half of a hinged locket or watch cover, it wouldn't seem to make sense that it had a hole through both sides. It's also interesting in that 1861 is the year I was born, or maybe it's one hundred years BEFORE I was born, but I'm not really sure. My memory is going as I get older. You'll see, just wait until you're 157. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4398 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 1:37 pm Looks like "Mama Marie" to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 1:59 pm Wow! Mama Maria?!? Report this Post to the Staff
Kcm Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 5:01 pm I am slow on the uptake at times. Yokozuna's birth announcement stopped me flat in my tracks for a spell. Anyway, since posting, I've concocted a story for this one. My last got shot out of the sky, but should never have been launched skyward by me. MY STORY CONCOCTION: The last began as a copper penny; this as a silver quarter. A quarter dollar in 1861 could purchase a hard day of labor. I suggest much can be explained here if this proved to be a "born again legal tender." I tell myself it had a life as an elegant piece of jewelry but the time came when it was needed more as a quarter dollar, so someone carefully un-made the love token and it circulated as a hunk of silver currency for a number of years before being rescued once more. Do you agree with me that the clasp component bones seem to have the same circulation scars as do the bones of the obverse devices? Kevin Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 10/31/2020 10:52 pm Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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