🥇 BANNER First seated, a cool one

[Silver Saver]

At first I thought it was a trade token because of the shape, then saw the seated and thought play money? With hopes high, upon cleaning revealed a seated dime love token! A 2 for 1 crossed off the bucket list.

Found it at a small intersection street tearout this last week. It was loaded with square nails too, but the seated was the only good find I made there. It was very shallow not masked.

My first thought is the letter(s) between the K & D is 2 "L" but I'm not sure. Could also be 2 I, U, or just symbols to seperate KD. Any insight?

 

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[Silver Saver]

A couple more pics after taking an eraser to clean it. Before it was so tarnished and dark I had to take those original pictures in the dark with a light shining to show the details.

Cleaned up pretty well to show the silver color.

 

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[oldmxrat]

That's a truly awesome pull, congrats!
Btw, an eraser is pretty abrasive, I wouldn't rub on it any more. That black crusty stuff would probably come right off with electrolysis, which won't remove any of the silver.

 

[Silver Saver]

That's a truly awesome pull, congrats!
Btw, an eraser is pretty abrasive, I wouldn't rub on it any more. That black crusty stuff would probably come right off with electrolysis, which won't remove any of the silver.

Yeah I was a little worried about the finer details of the engraving because of the abrassiveness. Much easier to see with the eye now, but will give electrolysis a try on any future finds I want to remove crud on.

Thanks!

 

[Conito@55]

At first I thought it was a trade token because of the shape, then saw the seated and thought play money? With hopes high, upon cleaning revealed a seated dime love token! A 2 for 1 crossed off the bucket list.

Found it at a small intersection street tearout this last week. It was loaded with square nails too, but the seated was the only good find I made there. It was very shallow not masked.

My first thought is the letter(s) between the K & D is 2 "L" but I'm not sure. Could also be 2 I, U, or just symbols to seperate KD. Any insight?View attachment 2159064View attachment 2159063

Super nice.

 

[High Plains Prospectors]

At first I thought it was a trade token because of the shape, then saw the seated and thought play money? With hopes high, upon cleaning revealed a seated dime love token! A 2 for 1 crossed off the bucket list.

Found it at a small intersection street tearout this last week. It was loaded with square nails too, but the seated was the only good find I made there. It was very shallow not masked.

My first thought is the letter(s) between the K & D is 2 "L" but I'm not sure. Could also be 2 I, U, or just symbols to seperate KD. Any insight?View attachment 2159064View attachment 2159063

I gotta say, this is a first time I have seen one of these. Very cool! You just sent me down a rabbit hole. I found a cool site that explains what love tokens were used for and the history of them: https://www.sandysvintagecharms.com...e tokens were,as births, marriages and deaths.

 

[Silver Saver]

I gotta say, this is a first time I have seen one of these. Very cool! You just sent me down a rabbit hole. I found a cool site that explains what love tokens were used for and the history of them: https://www.sandysvintagecharms.com/pages/love-tokens#:~:text=The first love tokens were,as births, marriages and deaths.

Cool article with some great examples in there!

 

[CreekSide]

Fine looking coin

 

[cudamark]

Those two dark spots may be attachment points. I was thinking more that it could be initials for a cuff link or maybe a bolo tie slide. Even the top to a ring could be a possibility.

 

[CRUSADER]

Very Nice

 

[AU Seeker]

I gotta say, this is a first time I have seen one of these. Very cool! You just sent me down a rabbit hole. I found a cool site that explains what love tokens were used for and the history of them: https://www.sandysvintagecharms.com/pages/love-tokens#:~:text=The first love tokens were,as births, marriages and deaths.

Cool article with some great examples in there!

Nice Find!!

Here's another rabbit hole to venture into for more info.

What Are Love Tokens? | Love Token Society

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first Seated coin and Love token all in one ! I like the way they shaped it into an Octagon.

 

[ModernMiner]

That’s one of the coolest coins I’ve seen posted. What a great find. 👏
Congrats,
MM

 

[igloo777]

Incredible find, congrats

 

[Gare]

Very nice find

 

[Lost Signal]

That is too cool!

 

[lenmac65]

That is a very nice love token; such a personal find. Congrats on a real beauty.

 

[Tpmetal]

One of the better love tokens ive seen

 

[Showtime2385]

Very cool love token! Congrats

 

[GaRebel1861]

Congratulations on the find and making the Banner. That is truly an awesome find!

 

[Conito@55]

Congratulations on the find and making the Banner. That is truly an awesome find!

Thank you