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Great Britain: gold half-sovereign of Queen Victoria, 1901, from the Terner CollectionlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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USA: Pilgrim Tercentenary commemorative half dollar, 1920lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Great Britain: gilt copper proof halfpenny of George III, Soho Mint, 1806lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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USA: gold Liberty half-eagle, 1842-D small datelordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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USA: bronze Civil War token, "Our Little Monitor", 1863lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Japan (Meiji Era): gold Nibu-Kin (2 bu), ca. 1868-1869lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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England (Anglo-Saxon): silver penny of Aethelred II (978-1016 AD), struck ca. 997-1003 ADlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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England: silver Short Cross penny of King John (1199-1216), struck in the name of Henry II, ca. 1205-1207lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Poland (Lithuania): silver half-groschen of Sigismund II, 1550lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Great Britain, silver "South Sea Company" shilling of George I, 1723lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Rome (Imperial): silver denarius of Tiberius, ca. 14-37 AD: the biblical "Tribute Penny"lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Rome (Imperial): bronze as of Claudius, ca. 41-54 ADlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Rome (Imperial): silver denarius of Otho, ca. January-April, 69 ADlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Rome (Imperial): silver denarius of Domitian, (81-96 AD), struck ca. 92 ADlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 ADlordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Greece: Ionia, Teos, silver trihemiobol, ca. 500-450 BC.lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Greece (Thessaly), silver pseudo-Rhodian drachm struck by King Perseus of Macedon, ca. 175-170 BClordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ancient Greece: Seleucid Kingdom, bronze AE19 of Antiochus VIII, ca. 121-96 BClordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Ionia, Teos, silver trihemiobol, ca. 500-450 BC.Obverse- griffin seated right, forepaw raised.
Reverse- quadripartite incuse square, bold partition lines forming cross, irregular (unknown) shapes within incuse quarters.
10.5 mm, 1.47 g. In an NGC Ch VF (Strike 3/5, Surface: 5/5) slab. Ex-FORVM Ancient Coins, 7/18/2012. Lot# GA58821. Purchased raw. FORVM gave a narrower date range of ca. 510-490 BC. lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Macedonia: bronze AE15 of Alexander III ("The Great"), ca. 323-315 BCObverse- facing gorgon at center of ornamented Macedonian shield.
Reverse- B-A to left and right of Macedonian helmet, caduceus below.
15 mm, 4.1 g. Ex-bargainbinancients.com, 5/15/14. Lot# B-G587.
lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Seleucid Kingdom, bronze AE19 of Antiochus VIII, ca. 121-96 BCObverse- radiate and diademed head of Antiochus VIII right.
Reverse- eagle standing left on thunderbolt, lotus-tipped scepter transverse under right wing.
18.9 mm, 5.49 g. In an NGC VF (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, "sand patina") slab. Ex-FORVM Ancient Coins, 7/18/2012. Lot# GB57125. Purchased raw.lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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Thessaly: Rhodian Mercenaries, silver drachm of King Perseus of Macedon, ca. 175-170 BCObverse: head of Helios three-quarter facing right.
Reverse: rose, bud right.
2.54 g. Ex- "SmEagle1795" (Collectors Universe), 3/18/2014. Prior provenance to Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Buy or Bid Sale #186, Lot 90, with description"Ex-Philip Davis Collection. Some iridescent toning. Choice Mint State."
HJB attribution & notes: "Price, KME-pp.241-2, SNG Keckman-794. Although the attribution of this issue has been debated, it seems likely that it was struck by Perseus to pay Cretan mercenaries, who would have been familiar with Rhodian issues, in the Third Macedonian War against the Romans (see R. Ashton, NC 1988, pp. 29-30)".
lordmarcovanMay 15, 2014
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USA, Type 3 Indian Princess gold dollar, 1889This appealing little coin represents the end of an era, as 1889 was the last year the United States Mint struck gold dollars. (REAL gold dollars, I mean- not what they call "golden" dollars now.) Gold dollars are the most commonly encountered US gold holeys. As such they were popular gifts at the time, and gold dollars were not far behind dimes in popularity as host coins for love token engraving. This one isn't a love token- just a holey- but I'm fond of it. I had several others on my hat but one year a friend wanted to buy a pair to make his wife some earrings for Christmas.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, gold Classic Head quarter-eagle, 1834I love Classic Head gold- it's the earliest US gold within the budget of a mere mortal like me. With a contemporary hole, it's even more affordable, or was, back when I bought this in 2006 or so. Holed or not, you must admit it's an appealing little piece. I have had a few unholed Classic Heads in the past, but what I'd really like is one with the little "C" or "D" (Charlotte or Dahlonega) mintmarks above the date. That isn't likely to happen unless my financial means change for the better, and even then, finding a holey example might take a very long time.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, gold Liberty Head quarter-eagle, 1856-SAn early San Francisco mint issue. When purchased, this coin had a crude and ugly plug of some blackish material, probably solder, in the hole, which I then drilled out. Why bother plugging a holed coin if you're not going to make the plug match? I restored this to being the "honest holey" it once was. I love the cramped-up placement of the mintmark on the reverse.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Indian Princess three-dollar gold piece, 1860This coin looks a bit like a train wreck because there was once a counterstamp on the obverse which someone did his level best to obliterate, and he partially succeeded. For all that tragic attempted murder, this is still a desirable coin, and not just to me. $3.00 gold pieces are all pretty scarce, and this is the only one I've ever owned. With my budget, it's likely to remain my only one, too. I'm told the 1860 is a bit of a "sleeper" date in this series. It was a pivotal year in my country, since Abraham Lincoln was elected and we all know what happened next.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Canada (Newfoundland), gold 2-dollar piece, 1881A sweet little gold Vickie.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Great Britain, "Spade" type half-guinea of George III, 1789Old British gold is always fun. I wish I could afford a full guinea, but these days that seems less and less likely. Truth is, I wouldn't be able to afford all the gold that's on my hat now, and wouldn't have it I hadn't bought it back in the early- to mid-2000s when bullion was a lot cheaper.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, fractional California gold 25-cent piece, 1872These are tiny little things. Replicas and fantasy issues abound, but I'm pretty sure this and the other one I have are genuine.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, fractional California gold half dollar, 1872Here's a rather sourfaced Lady Liberty on a tiny little California fractional. Replicas and fantasy issues abound, but I'm pretty sure this and the other one I have are genuine. I like the octagonal shape.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, gold dollar love token ("LM"), 1852I made an exception to my usual "holeys only" rule for this, since it has initials matching my Internet username. Now if I can just get one with my real-world initials on it, that would be great. (The 1861 dime in my love token collection has those.)lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Germany, Nurnberg- silver ducat klippe, 1650This is one of my favorite non-gold holeys. I had long wanted a klippe and I still want more, but they aren't always cheap. I traded a high grade (unholed) Spanish colonial 2-reales piece for this one, and have been very happy with the swap. You've got to love the little boy with a stick horse. When I saw the design, I simply HAD to have this. lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Nova Constellatio copper, 1783The rectangular holes in some colonial-era coppers were often caused by the old "square" cut nails. This looks to have been more neatly cut than that. Some early coppers and large cents were affixed to beams or rafters in newly constructed buildings, but I guess this could have been put to other purposes as well.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA- Flying Eagle cent, 1857Wow, an otherwise Mint State holey! This is actually nicer than any of the unholed Flying Eagle cents I've owned- I think the best of those was in a PCGS XF45 holder. It's strange how beveled the hole is on this. I wonder what caused it. This coin is a "heartbreaker" to many mainstream collectors, but I like adopting homeless heartbreakers. They're right up my alley sometimes.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Holey Coin Vest I, ca. 2000The "coin garment" idea is not original to me. I stole it from Jim and Johnny Atha, brother coin dealers from the Raleigh, NC area. Jim used to be my local dealer here before he moved to North Carolina. Johnny came into the shop one day with this crazy western shirt, covered in clinking coins sewn all over it. I remember some coal mine tokens and a Draped Bust quarter on there. For some loony reason, a little lightbulb went on over my head and I started my own vest. I decided to refine the idea a bit and pioneered the use of fishing swivels, which enabled me to add and remove coins from the vest without additional sewing. Here I am in the fall of 2000, outside the NCNA coin show at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. The facial hair was a brief experiment and I shaved it all off not long afterward, but have since reverted to it, so I look more like this than I do in the later HCV II picture ... just fatter and older now.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Holey Coin Vest II, ca. 2004This picture was taken outside the ruins of the slave hospital at Retreat Plantation, St. Simons Island, Georgia. The front side of the vest was pre-1900 US and world coins, while the back side was a nearly-complete date set of US large cents. I've since sold off the large cents and was going to replace them with a date set of Seated Liberty dime love tokens, but that collection soon took on a life of its own and expanded beyond mere holey coins, so they ended up in an album rather than the back of the vest. (You can see that collection in a separate album.) In 2011 I disassembled the vest in order to have the coins photographed, but editing all the photos has been a very laborious project. It will eventually be reassembled and the front will likely be taken over by all world and ancient coins, while the reverse will be a 19th century US type set. The last time I attended a show and wore all my regalia was at Charlotte ANA in 2007.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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The Holey Gold HatA closer shot of my trademark headgear. The beads are semiprecious gemstone beads which I bought for something ridiculous at a museum gift shop- like two bucks for the entire lot. I thought they were classy. Will add pictures of the coins themselves when I can, and then move on to the non-gold coins on the vest. That's a work in progress. All of the gold coins on the hat, as well as the other coins on the vest, range in date from ancient times to the year 1900. I chose to cut it off the entire collection the end of the 19th century, because I had little interest in more modern holeys. I also exclude anything with a mintmade hole, or else I would be forced to wear 300 pounds of Chinese cash coins.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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Roman/Byzantine Empire, AV solidus, after 476 ADZENO the Isaurian (474-491 AD), AV solidus, Victory, ex-Eliasberg, struck after 476 AD.
Obverse- D N ZENO PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy.
Reverse- VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long cross, two stars in field, CONOB in exergue.
Ex- Stack's auction of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, 4/15/2005, Lot 24.
Original description: "Zeno (emperor of the East, A.D. 476-491). AV Solidus. Thessalonica, A.D. 476 or later. CHOICE VF / RIC 941. Metcalf 223. Choice VF. 4.27 grams, 20.40 mm. Obv Helmeted, cuirassed bust three-quarters facing of Zeno, holding spear and decorated shield. Rev Victory standing l., holding long cross, two stars in field. A scarcer issue. Scratched in right obverse field and holed, otherwise Choice VF. ($80-130)."
(Price realized: $310.50.)
Comments: (Thessalonica? I thought CONOB meant Constantinople?) This has long been a sentimental favorite of mine, and is likely to remain my only ancient gold for a while. The famous pedigree doesn't hurt, either, though this was probably a "junkbox" item for Eliasberg (haha). This is the centerpiece of my trademark "Holey Gold Hat", which I wear to shows. lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1889"FHI" or "FHJ" in script with flourishes and fancy borders. Very intricate. Ex-"rarecoinsgallery" (eBay), 04/2008. Total number of 1889 dimes struck at all mints = 8,352,678.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1883"PETE" on fence, with chick hatching from egg below. This nice pictorial was superbly engraved by a master craftsman. I think the symbolism of the hatching chick indicates this was once a christening gift when Pete was born. I have the same theory about the "stork" themed pieces in this set. This one has had some admirers in the past. Ex-eBay. Total number of 1883 dimes struck at all mints = 7,674,673.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1885"WJH" in banner across inverted horseshoe. Ex-"love-tokens" (eBay). Total number of 1885 dimes struck at all mints = 2,576,187.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1886"P. L." below lighthouse and seascape, with partial ornamental border and scroll above. Ex-"rarecoinsgallery" (eBay). Considering the technical proficiency shown in the superb engraving on this piece, it's rather surprising that the artist let his tool slip and caused the apparent flaw on the "P". Perhaps a master carved the design and the coin was kept on hand until somebody else later added the initials? Total number of 1886 dimes struck at all mints = 6,583,208.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1887"MA-MA" with Statue of Liberty scene and rope border. Like the 1884 "Brooklyn Bridge" piece in this set, this host coin dates to within a year of the opening of the landmark it portrays, and continues the New York theme. Ex-Heritage Long Beach Tokens & Medals Auction #110, Lot 29116, 09/2008. I forget the closing price, but I think it ended up being an upper two-figure price tag. It might be difficult to acquire a similar themed pictorial like that under $100 these days! The engraving on this is skilled but simple, giving it a sort of folksy, whimsical feel, and it's easy to imagine why somebody once chose this as a gift for his mother. If only we knew the rest of the story. Were they immigrants who passed the Statue of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island? Maybe not, but it's fun to think about such things. Needless to say, this piece is a sentimental favorite. Total number of 1887 dimes struck at all mints = 15,737,679.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1888"Ivy De" or "Joy De"(?) in script, with parachute (!) and ornamental border. It's rather fascinating to see a parachute portrayed on a love token whose host coin was struck 15 years before the Wright Brothers ever flew! Of course the engraving could have been added years after the coin was struck, but still may date to the late 19th century. I guess the invention of the parachute must have preceded the airplane by centuries, but it is still a quirky and unusual portrayal for a love token. I can't tell if that's supposed to be a little person hanging below it or not. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1888 dimes struck at all mints = 7,215,655.
lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1851Old English "L" within ornamental border w/sunbursts. Part of a matched pair of clothing studs with an 1853 identical twin which is not displayed as part of this set, since I have a nice pictorial 1853. Ex-eBay, from seller "ernie", I think. Total number of 1851 dimes struck at all mints = 13,273,010.
lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1881"A", "H", and "W" in monogram, with flourishes. KEY DATE. Rare, especially as a love token. Ex-"Minerscoin" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1881 dimes struck at all mints = 24,000 (minted at Philadelphia only).
lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1882"E" and "L" through "C" in small monogram, below horse's head. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1882 dimes struck at all mints = 3,910,000.
lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1884"J.J.T." above river scene with boats and the Brooklyn Bridge. A nice companion to the 1887 "Statue of Liberty" piece in this collection, forming sort of a New York theme. Both this and the "Statue of Liberty" piece date within a year of the dedication of the landmarks they portray! A rare topical piece tied to a famous landmark. I had to fight tooth and claw to win it! Love tokens are underappreciated enough that they are usually quite affordable, but this and a few of my other important pieces did cross the $100 mark. Ex-eBay, 2011, closed for around $126.00. Total number of 1884 dimes struck at all mints = 3,930,474.lordmarcovanJul 16, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1876"Papa" in fancy script below landscape with church scene. Ex-eBay. Total number of 1876 dimes struck at all mints = 30,150,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1877"ELB" in inverted horseshoe, with flourishes and border. Ex-"coinsjewelry" (eBay). Total number of 1877 dimes struck at all mints = 17,350,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1878"D", "H", and "M" in monogram. Ex-"eirikrtripartite" (eBay). Total number of 1878 dimes struck at all mints = 1,877,200.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1879A" and "J" in monogram with ornamental border. KEY DATE. Rare, especially as a love token. High grade host coin, too! Came with an 1876 companion piece which had a different monogram but shared the "J" initial. That and their similar style indicate to me that they were probably from the same family and maybe were engraved by the same person. I'm not displaying that 1876 here since I already have a pictorial 1876 for this set. Ex-"seanq" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1879 dimes struck at all mints = 14,000 (minted only at Philadelphia that year).
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1880"C", "I" (or "J"), & "L" in monogram with ornamental border. KEY DATE. Rare, especially as a love token. I found this piece in a bulk lot for only $7.50! Not long before that, I had bought a similarly monogrammed example for about $125.00. I resold the $125.00 example at cost, and kept the lucky cherrypick. Both were remarkably similar in grade. Both ex-eBay. Total number of 1880 dimes struck at all mints = 36,000 (minted at Philadelphia only).
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1872"JWD" with geometric design and stork in well-executed marsh scene with flying birds in sky. Ex-eBay. As previously mentioned, I believe these "stork" themed pieces were christening gifts for new babies. Total number of 1872 dimes struck at all mints = 2,620,980.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1873Single masted schooner sailing left in seascape with waves and birds. Ex-"legacycoins_collectibles" (eBay). Total number of 1873 dimes struck at all mints = 4,431,891.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1874"J", "O", and "W" in monogram with fancy border and rays. Ex-eBay. Total number of 1874 dimes struck at all mints = 3,190,117.
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1875"Will" and two-masted schooner sailing right over textured waves. Ex-"exo" (eBay). Total number of 1875 dimes struck at all mints = 24,065,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1857Floral design in geometric border. Probably once mounted on a hatpin or similar piece of jewelry.
Ex-"yoyolz" (eBay). Total number of 1857 dimes struck at all mints = 7,120,000.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1863"J", "K", and "S" (or maybe I,K,S?) in monogram. Old center mount- probably was a button or cufflink.
Semi-key date. Scarce, especially as a love token. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1863 dimes struck at all mints = 171,500 (minted only at Philadelphia that year).lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1868"C", "E", and "F" in monogram. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1868 dimes struck at all mints = 724,000.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1870"B", "B", and "W" in monogram. Ex-Sunday & Sunday Antiques (goantiques.com). Total number of 1870 dimes struck at all mints = 520,500.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1871"Dio" in Old English letters, with flourishes & border. Ex-"lkrarecoins" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1871 dimes struck at all mints = 1,246,850.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1856"H" and "W" in monogram with ornamental border.
Ex-"mrcrest" (eBay). Total number of 1856 dimes struck at all mints = 7,030,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1858"QP" (or maybe "PP"?) in script with wreath, flourishes, and ornamental border. Original suspension ring. Ex-eBay. Total number of 1858 dimes struck at all mints = 1,890,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1859"C", "E", and "P" in monogram, with ornamental border. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1859 dimes struck at all mints = 970,000. lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1861"RWS" with marsh scene and stork. These stork pictorials might have once been christening gifts. Not only do I live in the coastal marshlands, but a stork flew right in front of me on the day I bought this. More amazingly, it has all three of my initials in sequence! Ex-eBay. Total number of 1861 dimes struck at all mints = 2,055,500.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1850Old English "P" in concentric circles. From a bulk lot purchased on eBay. Total number of 1850 dimes struck at all mints = 2,441,500.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1852"Claribel" in script below lighthouse. Probably from a bracelet. Ex-eBay. Total number of 1852 dimes struck at all mints = 1,935,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1853"Minnie" around top hat, with "89" and flourishes below. Presumably the latter indicates that the engraving was done in 1889, or something important to Minnie happened that year. Could this have been a wedding gift? Did Minnie's new husband wear a top hat like that, and present her with this ... or did Minnie give it to him? We'll never know, but it's fun to speculate on. Since the best known of my Internet avatar pictures features me wearing a top hat covered with holed coins (my trademark "Holey Gold Hat"), I simply HAD to have this piece. Others wanted it, too, so a scuffle ensued. I won. Ha! As it happened, I had just sold off an 1873 with the name "Minnie" on it when I upgraded that date to a pictorial piece. Ex-eBay, spring 2012. Total number of 1853 dimes struck at all mints = 13,273,010.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1854Old English "D" in fancy star. Probably once mounted on a button or cufflink. Ex-"pinetreecoinandjewelry" (eBay). Total number of 1854 dimes struck at all mints = 6,240,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1855Old English "A" within wreath. Part of a matched pair with the 1842 coin in this set (maybe once made into a pair of earrings?). Ex-"zebiak-maritime.intl" (eBay). Total number of 1855 dimes struck at all mints = 2,075,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1842Old English "A" within wreath. Part of a matched pair with the 1855 coin in this set (maybe once made into a pair of earrings?) Ex-"zebiak-maritime.intl" (eBay). Total number of 1842 dimes struck at all mints = 3,907,500.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1843"H" and "M" in monogram, with ornamental flourishes. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1843 dimes struck at all mints = 1,520,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1845"X" in ornamental border. Ex-Charles Rickard (wcsdeals.com). Total number of 1845 dimes struck at all mints = 1,985,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1848"CFW" in script. Semi-key date. Scarce, particularly as a love token. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1848 dimes struck = 451,500 (minted only at Philadelphia that year).lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1849Fancy "R" initial in border. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1849 dimes struck at all mints = 1,139,000.
lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1837"C", "L", & "M" in monogram. Gift from "savoyspecial" (Collectors Universe). Total number of 1837 dimes struck at all mints = 682,500.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1838"Toler" in script with ornamental border. Ex-Charles Rickard (wcsdeals.com). Total number of 1838 dimes struck at all mints = 2,398,534.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1839"WBM" in script initials. Ex-"shelbind" (eBay). Total number of 1839 dimes struck at all mints = 2,376,115.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1840Monogram with three letters. One is obviously a "K". The others could be "A" and "R" but it's hard to say. Late 2011 acquisition, provenance forgotten. Total number of 1840 dimes struck at all mints = 2,534,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1841"JNM"(?) in script. Ex-"love-tokens" (eBay). Total number of 1841 dimes struck at all mints = 3,630,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Barber dime love token, 1899"A", "C", and "P" in monogram with ornamental border.
Ex-eBay. Total mintage of 1899 dimes at all mints = 24,097,493.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Barber dime love token, 1894"E", "F", and "M" in geometric style monogram with ornamental border.
Ex-eBay. Total 1884 dime mintage at all mints = 2,050,000.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Barber dime love token, 1892"DF" in fancy script. First year of issue Barber dime.
Ex-eBay. Total mintage of 1892 dimes at all mints = 16,952,410.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1891"CEB" script initials, with flourishes above and below.
Ex-"mrcrest" (eBay). Total 1891 dime mintage = 23,046,116 at all mints.lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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USA, Seated Liberty dime love token, 1890"SPL" (or "SPI"?) monogram on high grade host coin.
Ex-"oscarsaab" (eBay). (11,334,027).lordmarcovanJul 15, 2012
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