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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6501785, member: 10461&quot;]Yes, this indeed appears to be a WW1 trench art piece, though also categorizing it as a love token is not incorrect, since most trench art pieces were made as handmade keepsakes to be given as souvenirs to sweethearts and loved ones.&nbsp; These kind of trench art coins can thus be considered a subset of the love token category.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one rare situation where post-mint “damage” is <i><b>not</b></i> bad news.&nbsp; This piece, while still not highly valuable in the monetary sense, is worth more as a piece of trench art- as a historical relic- than the common 10-centesimi host coin would have been worth numismatically, were it undamaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the inscription can be linked to an individual, the value increases, at least in terms of collectibility and historical appeal, if not especially so in the monetary sense (this is a relatively narrow niche).</p><p><br /></p><p>I like it.&nbsp; The handwork is only average at best (the artistic merit of trench art varies widely) but it has a certain crude charm.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS- Some recent issues with the site disastrously wrecked the image attachments in most of my archived threads on the topic (including the two most important ones), but here’s one that still has a working photo attachment as of this post:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/souvenir-of-an-invasion-ww1-german-trench-art-on-1904-belgian-10-centime-coin.293084/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/souvenir-of-an-invasion-ww1-german-trench-art-on-1904-belgian-10-centime-coin.293084/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/souvenir-of-an-invasion-ww1-german-trench-art-on-1904-belgian-10-centime-coin.293084/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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