Index of Lord Marcovan articles about love tokens and engraved coins

Since the topic was brought up again in a recent thread, and I was tagged in that, I thought I'd look up some of my old love token articles. I found them a bit scattered around. Here's a new (still likely incomplete) index, in case anyone wants to read some of them.

I do love love tokens.

My old Seated & Barber Dime Love Token date set


Below are just some of the individual articles I've written up about love token and engraved coins I've owned in the last five years or so. Hope you'll glance at an article or two. Some of the coins had pretty fascinating backstories. Others were more mundane love tokens but had nice- or at least interesting- engraving.

*- Articles marked with a red asterisk are about pieces which can be traced to a specific individual. Those tend to be some of the more interesting ones, though not always the most artistic.

"Pill-Poppin' Sam" (1773 British halfpenny)*
"Weird Wellington & The Penguin Lady" (ca. 1811-1913 Canadian token)
"Grand Pretensions" (1826 USA half dollar)*
"Philodemic Society" (1838 USA large cent)
"Scrappy but Sweet" (ca. 1849-54 USA gold dollar)
"Three-Cent Chicken" (1851 USA silver 3-cent piece)
"Ten Cents for the Tinsmith" (1853 USA dime)
"Two Bits for an Odd Fellow" (1857 USA quarter)
"Died on the Train" (1858 USA half dollar)*
"Marshside Stork" (1861 USA dime)
"Spooky Moon Face" (1862 USA half dime)
"Spiny Lighthouse Seascape" (1864 USA 2-cent piece)
"Relic of a Short Life" (ca. 1867-69 USA nickel)*
“The Hatchling” (1868 USA gold quarter-eagle)
"Over the Garden Wall" (1876 USA dime)
"Penny-farthing Pedal Pusher: (1876 USA dime)
"Where's the Fire?" (1875 USA dime)
"The Quarrelsome Dr. Prince" (1883 USA nickel)*
"Charley Greets the Dawn" (1883 USA dime)
"Swiss Frog" (1885-B Swiss 20-rappen)
"Jennie by the Seaside" (1890 USA dime)
"The Greene Swan" (1892 USA dime)
"The Helmsman" (1900 USA dime)
"Souvenir of an Invasion" (1904 Belgian 10-centimes)
"The Sailmaker's Badge" (1916 British halfcrown)*
"Bertha's Boy" (1916 French franc)*
"Vesta McCurry's WW1 love token coin is going home!" (1918 French 2-francs)*

*That last story revealed itself live, in a CoinTalk thread, and was one of the more heartwarming ones.

 

If you don’t mind, here is a January 2023 thread resurrection, for anyone who didn’t get the chance to read these.