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The altering of coins goes back to the late 1700s or earlier. Love tokens are generally defined as coins on which one side, or sometimes both sides, has been smoothed down and engraved with ornate initials, names, phrases or scenes often with an ornate border. These were often given to young ladies as "tokens of love" by a man who is trying to persuade a woman to marry him. The practice seems to have originated in Great Britain in the early 1800's, and migrated to the United States in the mid- to late-1800's. The Seated Liberty dime of the 1850's - 1880's is by far the most popular host coin, but tokens are known on all denominations of U. S. coins from half cents through twenty-dollar gold pieces as well as numerous world coin denominations.

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2 Love tokens on Victorian Silver
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Love token on Victorian Silver
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Gold Love Token -Engraved Dove "ELT" $1 Indian Princess
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LOVE TOKEN ON CANADA VICTORIA 10 CENTS COIN(DIME)
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Two Love Tokens on Foreign Coins - Silver !
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love token double sided on gold $1 ?
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love token 1851 half dime
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love token 1856 LIberty seated dime
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love token 1853 LIberty seated dime
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love token Barber dime
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love token 1892 Dime
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10pc Lot Love Tokens - On Seated Dimes - 10c *No Res*
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VICTORIAN CANADA 10 CENT SILVER COIN LOVE TOKEN
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VICTORIAN GREAT BRITAIN SILVER THREEPENCE LOVE TOKEN
US $0.99 (1 Bid)
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VICTORIAN GREAT BRITAIN SILVER SHILLING LOVE TOKEN
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1800'S GERMANY SILVER 50 PFENNIG COIN LOVE TOKEN
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1902 GERMANY SILVER 1 MARK COIN LOVE TOKEN
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1892 EL SALVADOR SILVER 20 CENTAVOS COIN LOVE TOKEN
US $1.04 (2 Bids)
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Louisa Love Token on 1876 Dime
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LOVE TOKEN "APC" on 1877 Seated Liberty Dime
US $0.99 (1 Bid)
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.900 SILVER 1903 BARBER QUARTER "C. BESSIE" LOVE TOKEN
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12 LARGE 2 Sided 1960s ADULT LOVE GOTH Tokens Aluminum
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Love Token on a Gold Liberty Head $1
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Love Tokens are valued for their workmanship and metal value, for example a gold coin love token is worth much more than one on silver or copper. If in addition to initials, pictures are engraved or jewels are inlayed, these have much more value than the more common tokens that only have initials. Hundreds of thousands of coins probably were altered in this manner, with a pin added on the back or they were put on bracelets and necklaces. The love token fad faded out in the early 1900s

Love Token Society (LTS) web site.


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