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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2782647, member: 10461"]"Scrappy but Sweet": love token on 1849-54 Type 1 gold dollar <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-coin-sm-png.6698/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1498732129" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-obv-png.6693/full?d=1498723593" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-obv-png.6693/full?d=1498723593">Larger picture (obverse)</a><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-rev-png.6694/full?d=1498723610" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-rev-png.6694/full?d=1498723610">Larger picture (reverse)</a><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-coin-lg-png.6699/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1498732210" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/lt-g-006832-coin-lg-png.6699/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1498732210">Larger picture (both sides)</a> Host coin: ca. 1849-1854 USA Type 1 gold dollar.Obverse: original Liberty head design, unaltered. Reverse: Old English letter "I" between flourishes, within 6-sided ornamental border. Ex- "franca87", eBay, 06/29/2017. It's been a while since I had a gold dollar love token.  They're out there; the gold dollar was fairly close behind the Seated Liberty dime in popularity as a host coin for love token carvings in the Victorian era. I prefer love tokens on dated host coins, and I generally like either pictorials or pieces with researchable backstories.  This has none of that; the dated (reverse) side was planed off for the carving, and the single-initial carving gives no research clues to its former owner's identity.  Furthermore, the obverse of the coin has some scuffs and scratches. All that being said, the quality of the carving was pretty good, and I purchased this coin for not much more than the "scrap" or "melt value" of the gold, so at that price, I was quite happy to add it to the "Creatively Damaged" collection I'll be putting on my "Holey Coin Hat". As of this writing (June 2017), the melt value of (an unholed) Type 1 gold dollar is $60.25.  I paid $68.32 for this, after shipping.  Is it a premium-quality love token?  No.  But it's the first gold dollar love token I've seen offered under $75 in quite some time.  Right now most of them you see start around the $120+ price range.  And if you're going to buy a "scrappy" gold coin, a love token has wider appeal than any other category of holed or damaged piece. She's scrappy, this one ... but sweet. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_dollar" rel="nofollow">Gold dollar</a> (Wikipedia)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_piece#Love_tokens" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_piece#Love_tokens" rel="nofollow">Love token ("touch piece")</a> (Wikipedia)<a href="http://www.coinflation.com/gold_coin_values.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinflation.com/gold_coin_values.html" rel="nofollow">Gold coin (bullion) values</a> (coinflation.com)[/QUOTE]

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