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1882 Cupid Gold Token Octagonal NGC AU 58 - Any Information?

InGodWeTrustCoinsInGodWeTrustCoins Posts: 184 ✭✭✭
edited December 31, 2024 6:35PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Just got this graded at NGC. Does anyone have any information on it? I would assume it is fairly rare as I cannot find anything about it. Any idea on value?


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  • raysrays Posts: 2,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting token. I’ve never seen nor heard of anything quite like it.

  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't remember seeing another example either.

    There are a bunch of uncommon designs in small gold tokens dated in the early 1880s. I assume this is part of that series. As far as I know there is no standard reference for them

  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,379 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's too bad they didn't use that floating coin holder mentioned in another thread.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,768 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have never seen or even heard of anything like this.

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 10,039 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Based on the coloring it is likely made of solid 8K or 10K gold, with a high-karat gold plating.
    This was typical for gold charms of this era (about 1880-1903).

    Moonlight Mint

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