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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2583483, member: 10461&quot;](Forgive me for dominating the thread and board this evening- I am transferring some of my old exonumia threads from Collectors Universe over to here.&nbsp; They&#039;re getting posted here but also getting their own threads as well, in case I want to link them up to my future indexes.&nbsp; Sorry if it&#039;s a bit much.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>&quot;Three-Cent Chicken&quot;: Pictorial love token on 1851 silver three-cent piece</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-3cS-1851-rooster-05950-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-3cS-1851-rooster-05950-obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-3cS-1851-rooster-05950-obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger obverse image</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-3cS-1851-rooster-05950-rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-3cS-1851-rooster-05950-rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger reverse image</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Host coin:</b> 1851 silver three-cent piece. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> original six-pointed star design, unaltered. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> planed off and re-engraved with image of a chicken (probably a rooster) left, with grass/foliage below, surrounded by simple lined border. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Ex-&quot;palmislandcoinsandcurrency&quot; (eBay), 07/09/2016.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">This is a relatively simple but quite well-executed pictorial love token. It was desirable enough in that right, but since it is also on a slightly less common host coin I found it all the more desirable. As the silver three-cent piece or &quot;trime&quot; was the United States&#039; smallest silver coin, they had to be a bit more difficult for engraving artists to work on. The artist here did a good job and obviously had some experience. Additionally, the 1851 date on the host coin was the first year for this type.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Though now sold, this was once part of my <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=953536&amp;enterthread=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=953536&amp;enterthread=y" rel="nofollow">&quot;Oddball Set&quot;</a> of exonumia.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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