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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2909342, member: 10461&quot;]Here&#039;s another Russian 5-kopeck &quot;whopper copper&quot; from 1780.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Russia-5K-1780-EM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a neat love token, though in this case the 1780 date was hand-engraved and no trace details of the original host coin survived.&nbsp; As I recall, it was a bit small to have been a British halfpenny, so maybe a farthing.&nbsp; British origin (American colonial, Canadian, etc) seems to be a given, since it was engraved in English:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;A LAVENDER - T HORTON / LOVE ME TRUE AS I DO YOU / 1780&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Horton-Lavender-love-token-1780.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>Normally I avoid two-sided love tokens because I feel I <i>must</i> know the type if not the date of the host coin (and they drive me nuts when all that is an unsolvable mystery).&nbsp; But this one was inexpensive and just really neat (the surname &quot;Lavender&quot; was fun, too).&nbsp; Plus it was kind of touching.&nbsp; I sold or swapped it to [USER=91020]@Savoyspecial[/USER] at some point, as I recall.&nbsp; It might have later made its way back to me, but if so, I&#039;ll be darned if I can remember what I did with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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