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texasmick Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 6:57 pm ...and why are there bids? http://cgi.ebay.com/50-peice-SEATED...54_W0QQitemZ 140021048024QQihZ004QQcategoryZ11970QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Report this Post to the Staff

Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 7:16 pm Hi Texas It looks like a love token,, these were carved from real coins ,which the obverse seems to indicate,, there are collectors of these pieces. Rick Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 7:30 pm yeap it a love token alright Report this Post to the Staff
texasmick Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 8:27 pm Thanks, I've wondered what that meant. Kinda like a hobo nickel? Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 8:54 pm sure nuff, a love token, and they are collectible. I actually just started a love token collection and I like that one alot. A love token was a coin that was taken to a jeweler and they engraved the intiials of the loved one into the coin, and it was given to the other loved one to remind them of the other, atleast thats how I think it worked Edited by Bryan1315 08/27/2006 9:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 8:57 pm thatens actually alot rarer than the ones I have seen because it has 4 intitals most only have 1 or 3, I have never seen one with 4 intials. Here is a lot of love tokens on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/5-UNUSUAL-LOVE-...VE_W0QQitemZ a href= https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.ebay.com/itm/-/140022970190 target= _blank rel= nofollow 140022970190 /a QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4370QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Edited by Bryan1315 08/27/2006 9:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pattiewhack Pillar of the Community Canada 1152 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 9:56 pm I think it says BABY, thats why there are 4 "initials" It only sold for $10.37! andrew Edited by pattiewhack 08/27/2006 9:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Morgan Fred Rest in Peace United States 2684 Posts	Posted 08/27/2006 11:58 pm Love tokens are supposed to be in their own category. I have mixed emotions on love tokens in general: sentiment vs coin defacement, especially on a nice coin like this once was, but that was the tradition of the day. I had a nice 1850's-ish gold $1 love token (back had initials and a hole was drilled to hang on a chain necklace). I sold it a number of years ago since it had no numismatic value, got about the same value as an undefaced gold $1, but that was when gold was a lot lower in value, so it sold for essentially melt. As Bryan stated, there is definitely a market for love tokens such as this. I guess I'm a little surprised the seller didn't get more. Fred Report this Post to the Staff
texasmick Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 08/28/2006 09:36 am quote: Originally posted by Morgan Fred I guess I'm a little surprised the seller didn't get more. It might have helped if he identified it as such. Report this Post to the Staff
Morgan Fred Rest in Peace United States 2684 Posts	Posted 08/28/2006 2:43 pm quote: Originally posted by texasmick It might have helped if he identified it as such. Good point. No coin collector is gonna want it and a love token collector won't find it. We can now get him on two counts: wrong category and inappropriate and misleading title and description. His spelling could use a little work as well: "peice"? "coimcs"? I don't think these are typos. Report this Post to the Staff
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