Love Token: Someone Really Loved Joe

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5253 Posts	Posted Yesterday 2:01 pm This is a very ornate rendition of "Joe" on an 1880 Morgan dollar. Love tokens on Dollar coins are much scarcer, presumably due to the original manufacturing cost. This one shows the remnants of a pin-this was intended to be worn on clothing. This weighs 24.4 grams, so even considering the weight of the pin remnants, even the elaborate carving only caused the loss of about 10% of the original weight of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 189596 Posts	Posted Yesterday 2:10 pm That is impressive! 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
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25539 Posts	Posted Yesterday 3:10 pm That's really impressive work! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7076 Posts	Posted Yesterday 6:22 pm Wow that is wonderful, tell-tale Joe lived near Carson City. ..wondering if it could be a somewhat modern made? Anyway to tell? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted Yesterday 8:56 pm Given the size and the pin-mount, I'm wondering if this would better be classified as a "name badge" rather than a "love token". Joe's name was clearly intended to be read from a distance; I would see it as something more appropriate for Joe himself to wear, rather than his wife/girlfriend/mother/etc. The meander pattern around the border seems to me both deliberate and meaningful; it may point towards either Joe or the artist being someone interested in classical Greek art or history? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5253 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:06 pm @greasyfingers, the style looks old, as does the making of it into a pin, but I can't be certain of its age or where this one came from. The collector most recently lived in the Ottawa area, and some are definitely from this area. Some definitely came from elsewhere, so I suspect that he was collecting them. Canada did not have dollar size silver coins during the main era of love token making, and I am sure that quite a few US silver dollars made their way north. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74853 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:15 pm Very cool! Impressive. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6562 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:16 pm It's an outstanding piece. That could anchor a very nice display of vintage love tokens. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15496 Posts	Posted Today 10H 40M ago Wow - very impressive. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5253 Posts	Posted Today 8H 36M ago @sap, you could be right, although I don't think that men in that era usually wore stuff like this. I'm using the term love token rather loosely-I haven't checked how the keen collectors have decided to classify inscribed objects like this. Report this Post to the Staff
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