This 1882 dime is holed and graffitied— a bit of a dog

kiyote

I still like it!

A dime in 1882 dollars was about $2.35 cents. Not a bad price to get Clara home.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/1882-Love-Token-Engraved-Clara-w-Dog-Design-silver-Liberty-Seated-Dime-10c/352267620861?hash=item5204c951fd:g:losAAOSwISRab0T~

Timbuk3

Cool !!!

Aotearoa

Someone put some effort into that!

BillJones

The piece was probably one small part of larger piece, like a family bracelet. The two holes were drilled so that it could link with other pieces in the piece. It’s too bad it’s not intact.

For those who are not familiar with family bracelets, these were pieces that were made of a series of love tokens. Quite often and artist carved individual coins for each member of the family including the father, mother and the children. In this case he may have included the family dog. Family are available intact and are interesting collectables.

KollectorKing

@kiyote said:
I still like it!

A dime in 1882 dollars was about $2.35 cents. Not a bad price to get Clara home.

https://m.ebay.com/itm/1882-Love-Token-Engraved-Clara-w-Dog-Design-silver-Liberty-Seated-Dime-10c/352267620861?hash=item5204c951fd:g:losAAOSwISRab0T~

I grade it C58+

Treashunt

great price. you stole it

Smudge

I like love tokens and that is a cool one.

Jimnight

Nice !!

CoinRaritiesOnline

Neat! I can't recall seeing anything like that before.

BLUEJAYWAY

I give the piece 3 "Woof Woofs".

ricko

That is a nice love token.... Dogs are family, so it is fitting Clara would be included...Cheers, RickO

topstuf

POTD !!

MikeInFL

I grade that coin a K-9.

Thanks for sharing...Mike

johnny9434

i like that one, it seems original and nice to me

grip

@MikeInFL said:
I grade that coin a K-9.

Thanks for sharing...Mike

+1

CaptHenway

That dime has been CLARAfied!

Walkerfan

A Lot of detail left on the obverse. Could've been jewelry. Nice, historic piece of Americana, in any event.