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New Member
United States
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I have come across a coin I would like some information on. It appears to be a dime or Half Dime. On the front it has the seated Liberty and a date of 1854 with arrows. However, the odd part is that the words "United States" are not found on the coin and on the back there is only what appears to be a cursive letter D (not 100% sure about this though) with a thin pattern around the edge of the coin. Please see the attached photos of the front and back sides of this coin. If anyone can give me any information on this coin I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Its definitely a dime, and this is called a 'love token', where they scribbled out the reverse to make a design.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yep, definitely a love token. I'm not sure what the collector market is for these, but would be interested to learn more as I see them in dealer junk bins from time to time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The reverse has been smoothed out and an initial engraved.There are collectors for Love tokens.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a few love tokens myself, one with each of my kids and my ex wife's initials. It is pretty easy to find a single initial that match someone but finding 2 letters or even 3 is a hard task to complete (all of mine are 3 initials except mine and my youngest daughters)
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Moderator
 United States
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I have a few love tokens myself, one with each of my kids and my ex wife's initials. You, sir, are my hero. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I found a two-initial love token for my wife as well and she just happens to share my intials. As for the one posted, the border is quite ornate, I like it  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I gave my girlfriend a quarter eagle love token for X-mas.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a simple love token but very nicely done. Being a single initial they really should have made the initial a little larger but I do like it a lot.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very neat, and a new idea to find a unique gift for my wife's upcoming birthday!
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Valued Member
United States
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FMV is around $10 fo G condition, up to about $5000 in MS66. Nice find.
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Posted 02/10/2010 12:25 am
