Token help Please........

habaraca

Hey Greg (savoyspecial), ANYONE



This is on the reverse of a Standing Liberty quarter....



I see

sunrise, cross, harp?, some maybe Celtic symbols, etc.



Anyone have any ideas about the symbols or what this might represent, who may have made

it for what purpose??





Please share any thoughts...................

Outhaul

Thank you for entering me in your most generous giveaway...

ChangeInHistory

I sort of get the bottom portion, a scene of some sort. The top portion,.. engraver doodling?

Maybe an early Led Zeppelin cover?

AUandAG

Lower left harp, center lighthouse, lower right cross. Memorial to a sailor lost at sea?

Sun setting?

bob

ambro51

Is the date on the quarter?

92cc fan

A very Irish theme. I would also be interested to know the date.

92cc fan

There are some Odd Fellow elements included in the design.

habaraca

can't make out the date......



maybe 20's.......

Musky1011

Some dude opiumcarved this.. He was thinking lets mess with people in the future.. They will try to figure it out

ricko

I like AUandAG's explanation... very logical. Cheers, RickO

grip

In memory of someone long gone?

OldEastside

Originally posted by: Musky1011
Some dude opiumcarved this.. He was thinking lets mess with people in the future.. They will try to figure it out

There you go

Steve

Broadstruck

Originally posted by: 92cc fan

There are some Odd Fellow elements included in the design.

Just looks like it was carved by a Odd Fellow...



Not the fraternal origination type just a very peculiar Odd Fellow



Shame it's modern and not period as SLQ's craved in their day are scarce.



Almost seems like no Hobo ever had a Quarter to his name?

ambro51

POW art?

habaraca

Thanks for the shared thoughts I like the sailor idea....



Broadstruck, what you mean by modern?? m the tools used? style?

lordmarcovan

Very cool. Is it for sale?



Obviously a Celtic theme, as stated, but I don't know how much more info we'll get out of that. I'd be interested to know if the knotwork at the top is specifically symbolic of something or if it's simply artistic flourishes.



I think AUandAG might be onto something with the "sailor" theme, though while this could indeed be a memorial to a sailor lost at sea, I think it's more likely a talisman to protect a living sailor so he would come home from the sea.



A Standing Liberty quarter host coin gives me a WW2 vibe. Maybe it protected some guy from the U-Boats. (If it hadn't, we wouldn't be seeing it- it would be in Davy Jones' locker.)



All rampant speculation, of course, but that's what's fun about pieces like this: they invite speculation and stimulate the imagination.