It's nice to see the subject of one's coin sitting outside one's window. I live in a suburb of San Francisco in a somewhat rural community. In the fall of 2016 I began hearing hooting coming from one of the trees behind my place. I soon located the musicians, a pair of Horned Owls. Horned Owl pair - October 25, 2016 The boy owl is on the left and the girl owl is on the right They left in December, presumably to move to their nest located elsewhere. They returned in September 2017. Horned Owl pair - October 10, 2017 The boy is on the left again Love Tokens are coins which have engravings applied to one side. They were popular in the late 1800's and were usually made as gifts. The engravings were initials or pictures. This love token was made from an Seated Liberty 1877 silver dime. Love Token on Seated Liberty 1877 dime with Owl Silver, 18mm, 2.09gm The base coin is an American 1877 Seated Liberty dime or ten cent coin. The love token weighs much less than an original uncirculated dime of 2.50gm.
Great pix, WB2. I have two owls in my sniper crosshairs right now. (On eBay, I mean. Not literally.) (One should never discuss auctions one is bidding on while they're still running. If one of you goes after my owls here, you might well win them, but I warn you it will likely be costly.)
PS- WB2 - those photos are terrific. How blessed you are to have such magnificent neighbors! When you posted the more recent picture in another thread, I did not realize that in fact a newer photo - I thought I was seeing last year's picture again. Great that you got an owl LT, too. Do you have an owl tetradrachm? I have yet to get one. Have had two other ancient owl coins in the past year, though. I miss this one. Ancient Greece (Pontos, Amisos): silver drachm or siglos featuring Hera and owl, ca. late 5th to 4th century BC Still have this one, and will not likely turn loose of it too soon, as I did the other. Ancient Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC
Greece Athens Classical Owl Tetradrachm Obverse: Head of Athena right, three small upright olive leaves Reverse: Legend AΘE, owl leaning right and facing, olive twig, crescent moon Silver, 23mm, 17.18gm Struck c. BC 430 Acquired in March 2011 from Harlan J. Berk of Chicago The owl on the Greek coin is the European Little Owl, a close relative of the American Burrowing Owl.
