Unusual Seated Quarter Love Token
Manifest_Destiny
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I run across love tokens in the course of looking at Seated Quarters on ebay, but I've never seen one with a cut out like this. Very cool. It's almost certainly a Catholic reference. I'm guessing the "D of E" is the "Diocese of E??????" Since it's dated 1871, it could probably be researched to a specific Diocese or event.
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cool and the solder on obverse suggests held a pin and used as a button
That's a cool one..
Quarters are a great denomination for love tokens 👍
Nice love token.... Not often seen with cutouts (except for holes). Cheers, RickO
I'm guessing it's technically not a love token as such, but a badge of some kind. But nice piece, whatever it is.
I collect religious related love tokens. I like this one a lot.
Kinda nice that they spared the date. I like it.
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I think the cutout was purposely placed to show that way on the obv.
FWIW, when I first saw it I thought it was a funerary piece, but that is just a hunch.
Keeping it simple, I thought "D of E" is Death of E ???
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Sold for $51 on ebay. Seems like a good price.
Maybe the 1961 "Duke of Earl" was just a cover version?
I'm an idiot. I had to look up "funerary".
I had a slightly higher bid set to go, but cancelled it at the last moment because of the solder on the obverse. If the pin was still attached I would've gone much higher.
Nailed it!
"Duke of Edinburgh" ??
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Here's another interesting one that popped up. It's on an 1876 quarter.
Very cool. I love LTs, and have never before seen a cutout like that done in a 19th century context. Cross cutouts done by machine are extremely common on modern zinc cents, of course, but this early forebear of those is quite different. I like it!
I too have never seen a love token with a cut-out. It's also unusual to see one on a quarter. Most love tokens were carved on dimes. Here is a quarter love token which I have had for many years.
Here's another interesting one. Maybe a GAR encampment?
Maybe more likely a store card?
I don't think Surfhouse is a surname in use.
But I found this photo of an old postcard showing
"Cox's Surf House & Bathing Beach, West Haven, Conn."