spodrbik Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Hello, I'm new to coin collecting. Can anyone tell me what's up with this dime. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sandon Posted April 30 Popular Post Share Posted April 30 Welcome to the NGC chat board. The reverse of this coin was planed off and engraved with someone's initials for use as a gift known as a "love token". This was done with a number of coins from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, especially with dimes and gold dollars. There are collectors of love tokens, but most other collectors regard these as mutilated coins. powermad5000, Mike Meenderink and ldhair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spodrbik Posted April 30 Author Share Posted April 30 Thank You for the info., I never of that. Where would you try selling this coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKK Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 There might be Ebay interest, though not for big money. It's worth at least most of the normal Ag value of a Barb dime. The issue is I'm not sure what the engraving means, which would kind of be a major mover because if someone were looking and it said certain initials and that's exactly what they wanted, it's like they don't much care how much it costs. Other than that, you're hoping for a collector who doesn't yet have one, but probably the spending interest is less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I would list it on eBay or one of the other online selling platforms. You can do an advanced eBay search for "sold" listings of similar tokens to get a feel for what it might bring. I am not able to read the letters very well, but it looks like it says "DFS." From what I have read about these, the middle initial is usually the first letter of the last name, especially if it is larger than the other two letters. The initials can be the name of one person, or the outside two can be first letters of the names of two people. So, if I have the letters right, this could have been made for a name like Daisy Sue Farmer, or, if for a couple, Dan & Sally Fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhiladelphiaPenny Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Such a shame it was mutilated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
