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Message:: [QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 26559998, member: 92212"]The below coin of [USER=28531]@H8_modern[/USER] might have been halved to form a "Mizpah" coin. [ATTACH=full]1692448[/ATTACH] What is a Mizpah coin? It is a coin symbolically cut into two matching pieces, most often with a zig-zag line, then shared between two people. Each part represents their bond of love and loyalty between one another – typically when apart for a time. Although they are quite often worn as pendants, Mizpah coin halves are also utilized as rings, jewelry, keychains, or simply carried with pocket change.  There is often a spiritual faith connection within the association, which stems from the fact that Mizpah (Hebrew word) means "watchtower", as seen in Genesis 31:49, which reads: “It was also called Mizpah, because he said, ‘May the Lord keep watch between you and me when we are away from each other.’”  - NIV (1985) So, perhaps (and I fully admit this is speculation) a couple married in 1937, and the husband carried half of the coin in his pocket while his wife carried half in her purse.  Going just a step further into the realm of possibilities, it could be that one went away to war in WWII.[/QUOTE]