Which one

[dooly]

Hi all .. well got my job lot of shields from Ebay today .. nice and quick

 

if people have been looking at my posts you will understand that i thought i had found something i had been looking for.

 

well here are some better pictures of the coins and just for a laugh have a go at this poll and see if i did or not ??

 

Coin A

 

Coin B

 

Coin C

 

Coin D

[mkman123]

Coin A has the word Lily engraved...maybe you have a child or family member with that name? I'm just guessing

[James_OldeTowne]

Good eye Dooly! I think Coin C might very well be THE coin you've been seeking. It probably is, ahem, "contemporary".

 

However, I LOVE Coin A!

[Kurtdog]

"Lily" is an obvious shortened reference to Lillie Langtree. That mid-19th Century coin has Judge Roy Bean provenance all over it. I'd make sure when you submit it ATS you remind them to note that on the slab.

[johnny9434]

i do like coin a.

[dooly]

"Lily" is an obvious shortened reference to Lillie Langtree. That mid-19th Century coin has Judge Roy Bean provenance all over it. I'd make sure when you submit it ATS you remind them to note that on the slab.

 

[RWB]

Where's Miss Kitty?

[TomB]

I would go for coin A since Lily was the first name of one of my great-grandmothers and she was born a bit after this coin was issued. She is now long passed, but my younger daughter has as a middle name "Lily", in part because of my great-grandmother.

[cpm9ball]

I was going to comment about "Lily" before reading Tom's post, but I must pass if I want to remain on good terms with him.

 

Chris

[TomB]

I was going to comment about "Lily" before reading Tom's post, but I must pass if I want to remain on good terms with him.

 

Chris

 

An ex?

[cpm9ball]

I was going to comment about "Lily" before reading Tom's post, but I must pass if I want to remain on good terms with him.

 

Chris

 

An ex?

 

No.............a working woman.

 

Chris

[dooly]

Well who chose A

 

 

[nunfa0]

I chose A because of the condition of the coin and because of Lily!!

[mkman123]

So give us an answer already Dooly

[michael]

the sexy 1866 with arrows shield nick

 

and as a bonus it has the name Lily engraved in the shield clever and well done engraving job and not some hack chop shop job

 

also being right after the civil war it is most probably a momento of some young lady named Lily that died during the war between the states

[dooly]

So give us an answer already Dooly

 

Well with one correct answer .. and a huge hint it is C a cast contempry forgery

 

I even put the 1868's together to show how fat the letters are .. check out the T's

 

Thanks to all who voted .. ps the Lilly is a nice coin and i think it will be going in the collection also ..

[nunfa0]

Dooly, that is way cool! I can see it now that you have said it.

[Kurtdog]

the sexy 1866 with arrows shield nick

 

and as a bonus it has the name Lily engraved in the shield clever and well done engraving job and not some hack chop shop job

 

also being right after the civil war it is most probably a momento of some young lady named Lily that died during the war between the states

That ought to narrow it down. How many Lilys died in 1866? Or it may have marked a birth; in which case, how many Lilys were born in 1866?

 

Forget the coin experts, call in the genealogy and census experts.

[Conder101]

I like A the engraving is neat, but I voted C because if I remember correctly Dooly had been wanting a contemporary counterfeit.

[Kurtdog]

I like A the engraving is neat, but I voted C because if I remember correctly Dooly had been wanting a contemporary counterfeit.

That's insider guessing. You can get prison time for that around here.

[Conder101]

Not insider guessing. If you follow dooly's posts he has mentioned it so it is in the public domain.

[dooly]

Not insider guessing. If you follow dooly's posts he has mentioned it so it is in the public domain.

 

spot on 101 .. just need to find a fake die type now

[James_OldeTowne]

Not insider guessing. If you follow dooly's posts he has mentioned it so it is in the public domain.

spot on 101 .. just need to find a fake die type now

Yep, just what I alluded to in my first post!

[BillJones]

I vote for coin A by a mile. I've never seen a love token or whatever you might call it, with an engraving like that. Usually it's just a few initials scratched into the fields, or it is the traditional love token with all of the devices removed.

 

With all due respect the other Shield are not very nice.