Seated Lib 10c with some kind of stamped design on the back

Can anybody identify what in the world this design is?

(on back of 1874 seated Lib dime)

 

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Love token probably.

 

I would guess they are letters.

 

Eh, at least it's still bullion value

 

It IS a love token, and those ARE fancy engraved letters. Worth much more than bullion, look up a few sales on eBay.

 

Oh sweet! That's always good news haha

 

Those fancy letters are really tough to read. Cool piece.

 

Love Tokens! - http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...form=QBIR&pq=dime love token&sc=4-15&sp=-1&sk=

 

"Those fancy letters are really tough to read."

There's a reason for that. If you give the dime to your girl, and her initials are PFP, and it doesn't work out, you repossess the dime and start looking for a girl with initials REB.

 

Here is one love token that I have.

 

"Love is abstract"

 

Neat! That looks oddly similar to mine haha

 

I played with the image a bit.

 

PDL?

 

Sounds reasonable enough

 

Depending on condition of host coin $10-$30

 

Well... The rest of the coin is pretty grody :'(

 

Does it hurt a love token to clean it? Seems like it wouldn't, but I don't really collect them.

 

What's the best/harshest thing I can use to clean it? It's pretty crusty on the face...

 

Put a heavy coat of vaseline on both sides, and set the coin aside for a week. Then gently remove the vaseline with a soft rag - it will often take a lot of the junk with it, with absolutely no abrasion of any kind. Works better on copper than silver. That's as far as I'd go.