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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 48, November 23, 2014, Article 25

QUERY: A CURIOUS LOVE TOKEN OF UNUSUAL FABRIC

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Dennis Tucker writes:

I'm attaching photos of a love token I picked up at the Whitman Baltimore Expo. The host coin is a 1909 Barber dime. The reverse features a line from a 1905 sentimental ballad by Theodore F. Morse --- "Keep a Little Cozy Corner in Your Heart for Me" --- and is signed by "Sadie."

The dime is in nice condition, so I imagine it was planed and engraved some time in 1909 or 1910, before it saw much if any circulation, and then it was set aside in a safe place for generations.

I've never seen a love token with such a plain, text-only inscription (no flourishes, scrolls, or fancy monograms). And this is the smallest font I've ever seen on a love token. I wonder if any E-Sylum readers have seen one of similar fabric published in any of the numismatic journals or elsewhere?



Wayne Homren, Editor

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