~*~ Lord Marcovan's Oddball Type Set ~*~
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October, 2015: I had lots of fun with love tokens the last time, when I was working on a dime date set of them. So I always had the feeling I'd return to them and branch out, maybe into a type set. So now it's time to start that. This time the focus will be on pictorial love tokens where possible, but any interesting engraved or counterstamped pieces which catch my fancy, be they ornate or primitive, might end up here. There isn't much to see here yet, of course.
UNITED STATES TYPE COINS
(In order by host coin denomination, then date)
"Philodemic Society"
Intaglio seal matrix carved on 1838 Coronet large cent
"Spiny Lighthouse Seascape"
Pictorial love token on 1864 two-cent piece
"Three-Cent Chicken"
Pictorial love token on 1851 silver three-cent piece
"Spooky Moon Face"
Unusual pictorial love token engraving on 1862 Seated Liberty half dime
"Relic of a Short Life"
"JASPER DILDAY" love token on ca. 1867-1869 Shield nickel
"The Quarrelsome Dr. Prince"
"Dr. Will J. Prince" engraving on 1883 Liberty nickel
(It was perhaps inevitable that I ended up with more than one Seated dime here, since that type was by far the most common host coin for love tokens at the time...)
"Ten Cents for the Tinsmith"
Folk art carving on 1853 Seated Liberty dime
Over the Garden Wall"
Whimsical love token engraving on 1876 Seated Liberty dime
"Charley Greets the Dawn"
Pictorial love token on 1883 Seated Liberty dime
"Jennie by the Seaside"
Pictorial love token on 1890 Seated Liberty dime
"The Greene Swan"
Pictorial love token on 1892 Barber dime
"The Helmsman"
Modern (ca. 2016) hobo carving on 1900 Barber dime, by artist David HJ He
"Two Bits for an Odd Fellow"
Fraternal lodge token on 1857 Seated Liberty quarter
"Grand Pretensions"
"W.H. Vanderbilt" carved on 1826 Capped Bust half dollar
"Died on the Train"
Mourning token inscribed "L. Frank Gray/July 1st 1878" on 1858 Seated Liberty half dollar
OTHER TOKENS & NON-US COINS
(In chronological order by host coin date)
"Pill-Poppin' Sam, Before the Big Binge"
1773 love token on British King George III halfpenny
"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady"
Bizarre folk art carving on ca. 1811-1813 Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token
"Swiss Frog"
Pictorial love token carving on 1885-B Swiss 20-rappen coin
"Over There... In the Air"
World War I Royal Flying Corps identity disc made from 1916 British half crown
"Bertha's Boy"
World War I love token on 1916 French franc, from a fallen Canadian soldier to his mother
UNITED STATES TYPE COINS
(In order by host coin denomination, then date)
"Philodemic Society"
Intaglio seal matrix carved on 1838 Coronet large cent
"Spiny Lighthouse Seascape"
Pictorial love token on 1864 two-cent piece
"Three-Cent Chicken"
Pictorial love token on 1851 silver three-cent piece
"Spooky Moon Face"
Unusual pictorial love token engraving on 1862 Seated Liberty half dime
"Relic of a Short Life"
"JASPER DILDAY" love token on ca. 1867-1869 Shield nickel
"The Quarrelsome Dr. Prince"
"Dr. Will J. Prince" engraving on 1883 Liberty nickel
(It was perhaps inevitable that I ended up with more than one Seated dime here, since that type was by far the most common host coin for love tokens at the time...)
"Ten Cents for the Tinsmith"
Folk art carving on 1853 Seated Liberty dime
Over the Garden Wall"
Whimsical love token engraving on 1876 Seated Liberty dime
"Charley Greets the Dawn"
Pictorial love token on 1883 Seated Liberty dime
"Jennie by the Seaside"
Pictorial love token on 1890 Seated Liberty dime
"The Greene Swan"
Pictorial love token on 1892 Barber dime
"The Helmsman"
Modern (ca. 2016) hobo carving on 1900 Barber dime, by artist David HJ He
"Two Bits for an Odd Fellow"
Fraternal lodge token on 1857 Seated Liberty quarter
"Grand Pretensions"
"W.H. Vanderbilt" carved on 1826 Capped Bust half dollar
"Died on the Train"
Mourning token inscribed "L. Frank Gray/July 1st 1878" on 1858 Seated Liberty half dollar
OTHER TOKENS & NON-US COINS
(In chronological order by host coin date)
"Pill-Poppin' Sam, Before the Big Binge"
1773 love token on British King George III halfpenny
"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady"
Bizarre folk art carving on ca. 1811-1813 Canadian "Marshal Wellington" halfpenny token
"Swiss Frog"
Pictorial love token carving on 1885-B Swiss 20-rappen coin
"Over There... In the Air"
World War I Royal Flying Corps identity disc made from 1916 British half crown
"Bertha's Boy"
World War I love token on 1916 French franc, from a fallen Canadian soldier to his mother
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that 2c is tough. shoo
was hoping id get to see it when you mentioned it previously.
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A great idea for a collection !
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This is still a small collection, and nothing museum-worthy or anything, but considering this is my "cheaper" sideline collection, I've picked up a few interesting pieces now, and I'm having lots of fun with it.
This collection is growing to the point that I should probably think about sending all the coins off to someone and have better pictures made of all of them. So far I'm just recycling the sellers' images.
"Swiss Frog"
Pictorial love token carving on 1885-B Swiss 20-rappen coin
"Bertha's Boy"
World War I love token on 1916 French franc, from a fallen Canadian soldier to his mother
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me know....Frogs are special in my incredibly crazy life... Cheers, RickO
"Pill-Poppin' Sam, Before the Big Binge"
1773 love token on British King George III halfpenny
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This project is gradually starting to look more like a Dansco-7070-style type set, as I'd originally intended. But of course there's a long way to go.
"Three-Cent Chicken"
Pictorial love token on 1851 silver three-cent piece
"Two Bits for an Odd Fellow"
Fraternal lodge token on 1857 Seated Liberty quarter