"Marshside Stork" (love token on 1861 USA Seated dime)
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"Marshside Stork" (love token on 1861 USA Seated dime)
Host coin: 1861 USA Seated dime, holed.
Obverse: Seated Liberty, unaltered, with metallic stain from the old chain or loop it must have once been attached to.
Reverse: Stork in marsh scene, surrounded by garlanded border, "R.W.S." initials below.
Ex-eBay, October, 2011.
At the time I bought this, I was collecting love token Seated dimes by date. I spotted this pictorial 1861 with a marsh scene and a stork on it. It isn't exceptional engraving, but pretty darn nice. Typically I'd spend up to fifty bucks on a really nice pictorial, and this one had a But-It-Now price $49.50. That's a tiny bit pricey, but not out of the question for a piece like this. I had some eBay Bucks saved up so I used them to buy it. If we want to be nitpicky, the obverse could be a little better on this piece, but really it's all about the engraving. And this is better than most. But here's the clincher... this piece has MY initials on it. Not just one initial... not first and last initials... but all THREE of my initials, in sequence! Also, live in the coastal Georgia Marshes of Glynn, where scenes like this are common. Coincidentally, a stork flew right in front of my car the day I bought this! So you see why I had to buy it. Call it destiny. I used to own a different dime with a stork on it* but this one is special. I think the storks motif was used because these love tokens were likely used for christening gifts in the Victorian era.
When posted here, this coin was part of my Love Token Dime Date Set.
It later became part of my Oddball Album.
Host coin: 1861 USA Seated dime, holed.
Obverse: Seated Liberty, unaltered, with metallic stain from the old chain or loop it must have once been attached to.
Reverse: Stork in marsh scene, surrounded by garlanded border, "R.W.S." initials below.
Ex-eBay, October, 2011.
At the time I bought this, I was collecting love token Seated dimes by date. I spotted this pictorial 1861 with a marsh scene and a stork on it. It isn't exceptional engraving, but pretty darn nice. Typically I'd spend up to fifty bucks on a really nice pictorial, and this one had a But-It-Now price $49.50. That's a tiny bit pricey, but not out of the question for a piece like this. I had some eBay Bucks saved up so I used them to buy it. If we want to be nitpicky, the obverse could be a little better on this piece, but really it's all about the engraving. And this is better than most. But here's the clincher... this piece has MY initials on it. Not just one initial... not first and last initials... but all THREE of my initials, in sequence! Also, live in the coastal Georgia Marshes of Glynn, where scenes like this are common. Coincidentally, a stork flew right in front of my car the day I bought this! So you see why I had to buy it. Call it destiny. I used to own a different dime with a stork on it* but this one is special. I think the storks motif was used because these love tokens were likely used for christening gifts in the Victorian era.
When posted here, this coin was part of my Love Token Dime Date Set.
It later became part of my Oddball Album.
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That is so cool, Rob !!
I was able to pick this up - at the strong urging of a few
friends here on the Forums :
I wish it had my middle initial as well though.
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I recently found a counterstamped large cent with a fairly uncommon last name of a friend (Burdick) on it and gave it to him. He had no idea that a namesake counterstamper existed.
While I have a Georgius Triumpho love token engraved JK (as well as a few other pieces), I have yet to see a love token that says "Kraljevich"on it. If you see one, I'm a buyer.
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And that's supercool. I'd say the odds are probably as remote in your getting that Seated half with your first initial and full last name spelled out like that as it would have been to find a piece with your three initials. Very neat counterstamp there, anyway.
We have a new YN in our midst who goes by "jfloomis3". He goes by "Jimmy" but is James F. Loomis, formally.
Recently I pointed out this J. E. Loomis engraved 1853-O quarter. I don't believe he bought it, but oh, man... SO close! The middle initial was only one letter off!
Cool man. About like that $2 1/2 gold piece love token I bought from you with my initials on it. Still got it.
Before I read you entire post I thought "hmm, that fits him perfectly being that he's close to the marshgrass and herrins". Couldn't be more perfect.
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I've got another with a chick hatching out of an egg, which I think was likewise done for a new baby.
But I did once attend a baseball game where the first name in the lineup was (Shannon) Stewart and the last name in the lineup was (Ken) Huckaby.
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That's amazing. Do you know what the odds of that are?
(actually i spell my name with only one 'G' at the end --honestly i liked this piece more for the fact that it might have a connection to Norris & Gregg of California Territorial Gold fame; the firm was in the plumbing business in New York prior to making the voyage west)
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Just like I said on this one. I would've pulled the trigger on this piece even if it hadn't had my initials on it!
<< <i>I don't think that there's ever been a coin or a counterstamp with "Huckaby" on it. This is probably a good thing. >>
Oh, you might be surprised. I for one will bet that there HAS been (or at least one with the "Huckabee" spelling). Whether you'd ever find it or not is the million-dollar question. It's out there. You just have to locate it now.
<< <i>Very cool!
Yep!!
<< <i>As a matter o' fact, a stork flew right in front of my windshield as I drove to work today.
How cool is that? Call it destiny. >>
lucky the stork didnt hit the windshield or it would have a hole in it as well!
i did get a wooden coin with your name all over it
I just agreed to purchase it... for the third time.
So when I send that payment, I will have bought this coin three times and sold it twice.
But like I told the current owner who's getting ready to sell it back to me, this one is always welcome back at my place.
I love this coin. The guy I sold it to and rebought it from the first time said he loves it, too.
But I collect Roman Imperials, not Roman Republicans, so it's actually a bit too OLD for my Roman coin collection, if that can be believed. That's the only reason I've sold it twice. There's a small club of forum members forming who have owned this piece and liked it, but it just hasn't found a permanent home yet. I'll continue buying and selling it until it does. Eventually somebody is going to hang on tight to it and not let it go. (Who knows, if my collecting habits change just a tiny bit, that person might actually be me.) Until then, I am in no rush to sell it, and it's welcome to stay here with me.
Roman Republic, silver denarius
C. Vibius C. f. Pansa
Circa 90 BC
AR Denarius
NGC Ch. VF
As a matter o' fact, if you peer very carefully into the background of one of the category banners I use on the BST forum (thanx, Spacemonkey), there it is, both obverse and reverse: