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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2779182, member: 10461"]1840Monogram with three letters. One is obviously a "K". The others could be "A" and "R" but it's hard to say. Late 2011 acquisition, provenance forgotten. Total mintages: 2,534,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT04-1840.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1841"JNM"(?) in script. Ex-"love-tokens" (eBay). Total mintages: 3,630,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT05-1841.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1842Old English "A" within wreath. Part of a matched pair with the 1855 coin, below. Ex-"zebiak-maritime.intl" (eBay).Total mintages: 3,907,500.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT06-1842.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1843"H" and "M" in monogram, with ornamental flourishes. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total mintages: 1,520,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT07b-1843-edit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1844Key date. Rare, especially as a love token. Total mintage: 72,500 (at Philadelphia only). 1845"X" in ornamental border. Ex-Charles Rickard (wcsdeals.com). Total mintages: 1,985,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT09-1845.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1846Key date.  Rare - perhaps extremely rare - as a love token.  Total mintage: 31,300 (struck at Philadelphia only). 1847Semi-key date.  Scarce; likely rare as a love token.Total mintages: 245,000 (struck at Philadelphia only). 1848Semi-key date. Scarce; likely rare as a love token.  "CFW" in script. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe). Total mintage: 451,500 (struck at Philadelphia only.).<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT12-1848.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1849Fancy "R" initial in border. Ex-"engraved" (Collectors Universe).Total mintages: 1,139,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT13-1849.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  [/QUOTE]

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