Camp Hen Love Token Dime

This was a 1886 Dime, probably with an S mintmark. Haha. It was made into a Love Token Pin. There is a fancy border and it is dated '94 as in 1894 from a place called Camp Hen. Sounds like a chicken farm to me. If anyone knows anything about this please feel free to comment.

 

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Camp hobby badge for that one. LOL Please post any information you find out about it. Love the old history of love.

 

Probably Camp Henry somewhere.

 

There is a Camp Henry in Korea but that was built in 1921 and named in the sixties I believe. My token is from 1894 and I can't find anything that far back.

There is also a Camp Hen in the U.K. but that seems to be for the females. I just have no idea about this.

 

nice !! That's amazing .

 

I call that an untold story .

 

Maybe it stands for Camp Henderson, built in 1864!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Henderson

 

That Explains it !

 

Possibly but not likely. Your link states that Camp was established in 1864 and abandoned in March of 1866, just 2 years later. This jewelry coin is dated 28 years later, 1894. I'm having a very difficult time with this piece.

 

It could have been a memento of some kind meant for people who were stationed there. Perhaps a reunion of some sort.

 

Interesting, I didn't catch that until now! I guess it's back to the drawing board!

 

I know, it's very frustrating. I thought it was great and this might be it. Then I read when it closed. Lol