Pete e
Elite Member
I am not sure if you get them in the US, but Love tokens were found bent into an "s" shape, and were said to be given by a gent to his sweet heart..
Very often they were made from silver sixpences that had been polished to a blank before being bent. Other times, copper coins were used...the practice seems to have started in the late 1500 's and reached its peak in the late 1600s/ early 1700s, with William III sixpences.
I have found several of these love tokens, mostly silver but a couple copper, so thought nothing much when I found the one below earlier today..
It's made from a copper halfpenny, probably a George 3rd from the late 1700's, so not particularly old..When I got it home, I cleaned it off, and found it had been stamped with "E P", probably the initials of the sweetheart it was intended for, making this a little more unusual and adding a sort of personal dimension to the find....
Very often they were made from silver sixpences that had been polished to a blank before being bent. Other times, copper coins were used...the practice seems to have started in the late 1500 's and reached its peak in the late 1600s/ early 1700s, with William III sixpences.
I have found several of these love tokens, mostly silver but a couple copper, so thought nothing much when I found the one below earlier today..
It's made from a copper halfpenny, probably a George 3rd from the late 1700's, so not particularly old..When I got it home, I cleaned it off, and found it had been stamped with "E P", probably the initials of the sweetheart it was intended for, making this a little more unusual and adding a sort of personal dimension to the find....
