~~ Lord Marcovan's Oddball Type Set ~~

lordmarcovan · October 28, 2015 6:06PM

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

lasvegasteddy · October 28, 2015 6:35PM

i love it and hope to see the updates as this set morph's into mature status

SkyMan · October 29, 2015 9:31AM

Fun stuff!!!

JJSingleton · October 29, 2015 9:48AM

What a neat idea. The lighthouse is cool.

TopographicOceans · October 29, 2015 10:17AM

ricko · October 30, 2015 1:30AM

Great idea.... interesting progress so far... Good luck LordM... Cheers, RickO

asheland · October 30, 2015 3:14AM

I hope to see these soon!

LanceNewmanOCC · October 30, 2015 8:52AM

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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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lordmarcovan · November 25, 2015 11:20PM

Well, the set is growing. I'm up to a dozen pieces as of this update, and Lucky 13 is also on the way. It's a Darkside piece, so I'll post it over on that forum when I've got the pictures ready. (Hint: it is another piece identifiable to a specific individual, with a WW1 theme, but not on a French host coin, as WW1 "dogtag" pieces often are.)

WinPitcher · November 25, 2015 11:53PM

Nice stuff Lord, dieci ravioli per te.

Jeb · November 26, 2015 1:49AM

Very nice love tokens. Thank you for sharing.

thebeav · November 26, 2015 11:36PM

Those are very cool......

A great idea for a collection !

CaptHenway · November 30, 2015 9:44AM

ttt

Musky1011 · December 1, 2015 10:30AM

Luv dem love tokens

Twobitcollector · December 1, 2015 7:52PM

Well done

lordmarcovan · January 25, 2016 7:41PM

Added a Barber dime love token for my first newp of 2016.

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.

lordmarcovan · February 15, 2016 4:23PM

Two more additions for February, 2016.

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

garrynot · February 15, 2016 9:35PM

Very impressive. I always enjoy L. Frank Gray whenever I see it.

coinnut · February 15, 2016 10:11PM

Very nice LordM. Love it!

dpoole · February 15, 2016 10:52PM

Great concept and great looks there, LM!

guitarwes · February 15, 2016 10:56PM

Cool set coming along nicely. I know where there is an Ex-LordM $2 1/2 Quarter Eagle love token.

oih82w8 · February 15, 2016 11:03PM

Really neat set!

ricko · February 16, 2016 2:58AM

Great set LordM....and should you ever decide to part with the Swiss Frog, please let

me know....Frogs are special in my incredibly crazy life... Cheers, RickO

lordmarcovan · July 6, 2016 8:09PM

Bump, with a newp that is now the oldest piece in the set:

"Pill-Poppin' Sam, Before the Big Binge"

1773 love token on British King George III halfpenny

Stork · July 6, 2016 11:12PM

Awesome set! You aught to post this over on the dark side too.

ricko · July 7, 2016 1:03AM

Nice addition LordM..... still looking at that frog..

Cheers, RickO

asheland · July 7, 2016 1:11AM

Great collection, Rob!

lordmarcovan · July 12, 2016 6:08PM

Two more newps for mid-July 2016.

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

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