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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2583484, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>&quot;Spooky Moon Face&quot;: Unusual pictorial love token engraving on 1862 Seated Liberty half dime</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/SpookyMoonFaceLT-1862-5c-005965-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/SpookyMoonFaceLT-1862-5c-005965-obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/SpookyMoonFaceLT-1862-5c-005965-obv.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger obverse photo</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/SpookyMoonFaceLT-1862-5c-005965-rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/SpookyMoonFaceLT-1862-5c-005965-rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger reverse photo</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Host Coin: </b>1862 USA half dime.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> Seated Liberty design, unaltered.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> strange, round face with &quot;F G D&quot; initials and ornamental garland above, decorative carving to left and right.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Ex- &quot;acsb-rich&quot;, eBay, 11/13/2015.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I had this piece in my eBay watchlist for a while. The weird face on it was both repellent and fascinating at the same time. One wonders what <i>that</i> was all about? Could it be a representation of the moon? The lettering and ornamentation were obviously done by a competent engraver, which makes the primitive aspect of the carved face all the more baffling. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Over time, I eventually decided to make an offer on it, both because I didn&#039;t yet have a Seated half dime for my love token type set, and also just... <i>because</i>. It is certainly odd, unusual, and unique.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I just had to have it. Can&#039;t really explain why, except it seemed perfect for an &quot;oddball&quot; collection like mine.</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></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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