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Is this an incredible Love Token or what?

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    CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Wow! That is really something.
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
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    DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's very exceptional workmanship!
    When in doubt, don't.
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    NumismaticsNumismatics Posts: 1,092
    Have no idea about what it is. However, it is really a neat piece. If my picture is on the reverse, I will buy it.image
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    ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Very nice!!! How did they do that to the reverse? -Dan
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Here's one that pretty cool (although not as cool as the one in the auction):

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    It's carved on the reverse of an 1853 With Arrows Seated Quarter.

    Russ, NCNE
    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
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    MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice! There was a dime recently on eBay with the Lord's prayer engraved on it.
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    AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    That's incredible image
    image

    My OmniCoin Collection
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    Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,703 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow - nice workmanship. Will follow with interest.
    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,703 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Think it's a love token or memorial token??
    Gone but not forgotten: IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Ricko, Big Moose, Cardinal, CoinsAreFun.
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    ldhairldhair Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Really nice piece.
    Anyone know where the eagle symbol at the bottom comes from?
    Larry

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    dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    It's a memorial token, my rough guess is that it will close at $800-$1200.

    Also, based on the picture, there is a slight possibility that it was inked rather than burnished.
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
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    dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭


    << <i>Really nice piece.
    Anyone know where the eagle symbol at the bottom comes from? >>



    Sons of the American Revolution, it's a common symbol on memorial tokens from this period.
    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    I've seen an engraving of that quality before on the inside of a box trade dollar.
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    mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    nice stuff.
    coinimaging.com/my photography articles Check out the new macro lens testing section
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭


    << <i>Very nice!!! How did they do that to the reverse? -Dan >>


    You start by using a lathe to shave down the center area inside the denticals until it is smooth and flat. Then you use enraving tools to hand create the engraved image. Then you apply ink to the entire reverse and then a clean "blotter pad to remove the ink from the flat non-engraved areas leaving the ink down in the engraved lines. This ink is then allowed to dry giving you the result you see in the auction.
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    doughmakingdoughmaking Posts: 251
    Wow, very nice coin
    Love them busts!
    I am Looking to Buy California Tokens too.
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Authentic. AU details, no net grade. AT.









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    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    EJBEJB Posts: 640
    I've seen pictures like this on shotguns, complete hunting scenes done that look like this, using lasers. Also portraits that look similar, I wonder if this is machine done. If so it takes about 2 minutes. I believe they call it acid etched...image
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    I don't think so. I think you are seeing hand engraving of the type similar to what is done to create the portraits on our currency. Take a note from your pocket and put a glass on it and you will see the same type of fine lines that are sed in the engraving on this coin. (It's too bad the seller didn't provide better larger photos. I think I'll send him a request for larger images of the back of the coin.)
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    BILLZACHBILLZACH Posts: 245
    it,s a very interesting coin and if hand engraved it,s is called banknote and bulino engraving, which is lines and dots which involves tens of thousands of lines and dots..if it is an old engraving, it was done by a master engraver...while i,ve been engraving coins over ten years and have been to engraving school i would have to view coin under microscope to determine if it was machine done, laser, etched or hand engraved and if old or new...
    xx
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,870 ✭✭✭✭✭
    $2247.88! Congratulations to the high bidder and seller if either of you are here. Jeff Oxman dropped out at $1275. He felt he needed to buy it, but commented that he thought it was getting expensive at $600-$800.
    John
    Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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