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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2788829, member: 10461&quot;]<font size="4">This one isn&#039;t mine, but I&#039;d really, <i>really</i> like it to be.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Probably ain&#039;t gonna happen, though.&nbsp; I have too many other irons in the fire, and love tokens are my secondary collection (for which I tend to stay below a hundred bucks per coin).</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">OK, not a map on this one, exactly, but a ... <i>globe</i>.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><a href="http://www.jkamericana.com/inventory/1835-capped-bust-engraved-oregon-1882#.WVyq_YTyuM8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jkamericana.com/inventory/1835-capped-bust-engraved-oregon-1882#.WVyq_YTyuM8" rel="nofollow"><font size="4">It is for sale on John Kraljevich&#039;s site.</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="5">Independent Order of Good Templars / Right Worthy Grand Lodge Love Token on 1835 Bust Half</font></b></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">&quot;1835 Bust Half dollar engraved with &quot;Rep. To / R.W.G.L. / of the World / I.O.G.T. / OREGON / 1882&quot; over global longitude and latitude lines. Host coin Fine or so with some light marks and traces of solder at 3-4:00 and 9-10:00 where once mounted as a pin. An unusual relic from an annual meeting of the Independent Order of Good Templars (I.O.G.T.) under the jurisdiction of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the World (R.W.G.L.), <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/annual-report-of-geo-b-katzenstein-right-worthy-grand-templar-to-the-twenty-eighth-annual-session-of-the-right-worthy-grand-lodge-iogt-convened-at-charleston-sc-may-23d-1882/oclc/27931430" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/annual-report-of-geo-b-katzenstein-right-worthy-grand-templar-to-the-twenty-eighth-annual-session-of-the-right-worthy-grand-lodge-iogt-convened-at-charleston-sc-may-23d-1882/oclc/27931430" rel="nofollow">held in Charleston, South Carolina on May 23, 1882</a>. Aside from the obvious appeal to collectors of Masonic or temperance material (and perhaps super-specialists in Masonic temperance lodges), this piece&#039;s appeal lies in its unusual state of origin and desirable undertype. I can&#039;t recall offering a love token with an Oregon origin (say that five times fast) before. Anything engraved, countermarked, or otherwise accomplished atop a Bust half is likewise certain to find interest.&quot;</font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.jkamericana.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/8/1835cappedhalfengraved_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.jkamericana.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/800x800/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/1/8/1835cappedhalfengraved_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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