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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2779186, member: 10461"]1870Likely scarce as a love token.  "B", "B", and "W" in monogram.  Ex-Sunday & Sunday Antiques (goantiques.com). Total mintages: 520,500.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT34-1870.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1871"Dio" in Old English letters, with flourishes & border. Ex-"lkrarecoins" (Collectors Universe). Total mintages: 1,246,850.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT35-1871.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1872"JWD" with geometric design and stork in well-executed marsh scene with flying birds in sky.  Ex-eBay. Total mintages: 2,620,980.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT36-1872b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1873Single masted schooner sailing left in seascape with waves and birds.  Ex-"legacycoins_collectibles" (eBay). Total mintages: 4,431,891.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT37-1873b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1874"J", "O", and "W" in monogram with fancy border and rays. Ex-eBay. Total mintages: 3,190,117.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT38-1874-edit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1875"Will" and two-masted schooner sailing right over textured waves. Ex-"exo" (eBay).  While the obverse and reverse were toned differently, the difference was not as pronounced as it is in these poor scans.Total mintages: 24,065,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT39d-1875.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1876"Papa" in fancy script below landscape with church scene.  Ex-eBay.  A very nice scenic pictorial, despite some wear.  I was lucky enough to pick it up quite cheaply, too.  This 1876 "Papa" piece pairs nicely with the 1887 "Mama" Statue of Liberty pictorial below.Total mintages: 30,150,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT40c-1876b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1877"ELB" in inverted horseshoe, with flourishes and border.  Ex-"coinsjewelry" (eBay).  These "horseshoe" pieces were almost certainly used as "good luck" talismans.Total mintages: 17,350,000.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT41b-1877-edit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1878"D", "H", and "M" in monogram.  Ex-"eirikrtripartite" (eBay). Total mintages: 1,877,200.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT42-1878.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 1879Key date.  Rare; exceedingly so as a love token. "A" and "J" in monogram with ornamental border.  This not only had a high grade host coin, but is likely one of only a tiny handful of surviving love tokens on 1879 dimes. Ex-"seanq" (Collectors Universe).  Unfortunately I never got good photos of this piece, so we'll have to rely on low-quality scans.Total mintages : 14,000 (struck at Philadelphia only).<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Love%20Token%20Set/LT43-1879-edit.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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