I overpaid for a love token ... again!

astrorat

I picked up a neat (to me!) 1876 twenty-cent piece love token (initials - SWH?). The host coin is (was) a nice EF and the piece has a warm, golden tone that does not come through very well on the engraved reverse. I'm a sucker for a nice engraved double dime!


[Note: Seller's images]

And no ... it's not an 1876-CC!

MWallace

I LIKE!!!

LogPotato

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Very nice!

savoyspecial

when the item in question is unique, it is hard to 'overpay' (my opinion)

Barry

Well, how much?

The one and only love token I have is a seated dime with my wife's initials (found on ebay).

Priest

In to these or not, I for one belive the workmanship is great, that is a nice piece. As for price, it's what you enjoy.

AnkurJ

I overpaid for this, but love the way it looks. Half dollar.

astrorat

<< <i>Well, how much? >>

$35

Mar327

I really like it, and not sure you overpaid if that's what you enjoy. And AnkurJ's - very nice too! I only have one, "Mar" but am always looking for more with the right initials.

Question - how do you know the order of initials, or do you really? The S and H are larger than the W. On AnkurJ's the L is so much larger, and in the background.

AnkurJ

I read mine as LMN. Maybe it was part of an alphabet love token set!

astrorat

<< <i>I really like it, and not sure you overpaid if that's what you enjoy. And AnkurJ's - very nice too! I only have one, "Mar" but am always looking for more with the right initials.

Question - how do you know the order of initials, or do you really? The S and H are larger than the W. On AnkurJ's the L is so much larger, and in the background. >>

It's sometimes a guess as to the order of the initials when the letters are intertwined.

DUIGUY

I love these hand engraved works of art.

thebeav

I don't think I've ever had one on a twenty center....Especially a nice grade.....
I always enjoyed them because of the 'raised' LIBERTY......Too cool.....

That 1810 token is pretty special too !

Barry

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<< <i>Well, how much? >>

$35 >>


If that's overpaying, I'd hate to know what you consider a rip

astrorat

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<< <i>Well, how much? >>

$35 >>


If that's overpaying, I'd hate to know what you consider a rip >>

Nah ... that was a "winky-wink" price. Love tokens on twenty-cent pieces usually retail in the $100+ range, depending on the piece. I paid well into the "+" side of that range. Pieces on 75-CC or 76-P host coins are tough. Of all of the pieces I have picked up, I have one 75-CC this is only my second 76-P.

rawmorgan

<< <i>I love these hand engraved works of art.

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Just some great craftsmanship there.

DorkGirl

Justlooking

Do you people ever see something on the board and say, "Dang, I wish I owned something like that!"

Cool examples all!

illini420

I underpaid for this one... picked it up at the local coin shop bid board earlier this week. It's a cleaned piece and not the best love token I've ever seen but it's still an old piece on an 1857 dime. The high bid at the time was $0.50 so I put a bid of $1.00 on it thinking I'd come back and maybe try to win it at the last second depending on how high the other bidders brought it up. Apparently some folks were blocking this coin as they competed on other coins because my $1.00 bid held up and I was the winner Even with the little holes it probably has a silver melt value of more than twice that. Anyone here named Tom???

Billet7

I'll give you $36 for it!

astrorat

<< <i>I'll give you $36 for it! >>

Ha! There's always one in the crowd!

JamesMurray

Is there any information on what the 1810 is commemorating ? I first thought the battle of Waterloo but that was 1815 , i also thought "No 18" indicated November 18th but there's nothing special about the date i can find , it could mean Number 18.It definately seems to saying something about a British military event ( a defeat ? )

MWallace

$35!?!? What a bargain....

keyman64

Not for me...but it does look nice...and it is really neat that it was made out of a very nice looking 20center.

astrorat

<< <i>$35!?!? What a bargain.... >>

I followed up in a later post ... the $35 was a joke, hence the winky emoticon. The actual price was FAR north of that!

Edited for spelling

lordmarcovan

Man, another love token thread and I overlooked it.

That love token in the OP was the sort of piece one has to do battle for. You might've "overpaid" for it, but if it was an auction, you probably wouldn't have won if you hadn't put out a real strong bid. That ain't your run of the mill love token. A high-grade 20-cent piece host coin, and a less common dated one at that? No-brainer there.

VERY cool.

Like Greg/savoyspecial said, it's hard to "overpay" for something that is unique.

I've already sung the praises of DUIGUY's "Napoleonic War trophies" Cartwheel penny- that one is in the NUCLEAR cool category.

The rest of you have posted some not-too-shabby pieces, too!

As for me, I just had to really do battle to win this "Brooklyn Bridge" dime. The host coin is an 1884 Seated dime- dated just a year after the bridge opened! Needless to say, this one went up to $128-ish- high for a love token- but I was prepared to pay that. (The obverse of the host coin is rather porous and crappy looking but so what.)




It makes a good companion piece for my "Statue of Liberty" one, don'tcha think? That one also has a host coin dated just one year after the statue was dedicated! I've got quite the "1880s New York Landmarks" theme started, huh.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Is there any information on what the 1810 is commemorating ? I first thought the battle of Waterloo but that was 1815 , i also thought "No 18" indicated November 18th but there's nothing special about the date i can find , it could mean Number 18.It definately seems to saying something about a British military event ( a defeat ? ) >>



We discussed it some here.

Pistareen

Rob, here is another Brooklyn Bridge love token -- this one on a quarter. I catalogued it a few years ago for a Stack's / Coin Galleries sale.

Love token here

lordmarcovan

Wow, that's fantastic. And better workmanship than my dime.