Debbie

Oh the old "evil eye" I never understood why wearing such a creepy looking object was good luck. Surely though you would have a lucky sixpence or Mercury dime in your possession? Those angel gold coins look very nice though! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_(coin)

Hi Richard ( and Peter), yes those do look interesting, and a whole new realm of history and research. However I still like the sound of your touch piece collection – as having that slightly more personal spin! Please do post up some example of those too.

Oops I thought you were referring to the bowler hatted cartoon character....

Hi Peck, nice to hear from you too. I'm sure the last time I communicated with Patrick it was about Warhammer 40,000 BTW Patrick just thought if you are wanting to sell something you will need to have or have use of a bank account. Can you set one up before 18?

Is it a love token?

Couldn't you just post a single smiley if you liked something?

Morning gentlemen. Many thanks for the b/d wishes. I am hoping that 2014 is a better year and I can back to buying some coins!

Morning gentlemen, did someone mention engraved love tokens?! IMO that engraved coin - crude as it is- probably wouldn't be any further devalued as an engraved coin than in its worn state left as it was. Not that I particularly like it, but you would be surprised at the sums some people are willing to pay for the strangest of altered coins. Whether it’s desirable or not, one cannot deny that any later engraving or alteration is an obvious mark in the coin’s history and that’s the aspect which many of us set out to collect. I don’t mind worn coins that have been engraved, it appeals to my sense of romance that the coin was special at that time to the engraver and treasured for some time. As for telling definitively when a coin was engraved, well I suppose you can’t, many coins were engraved when the coin was already very old. However, I would like to think through research and experience one could gain the knowledge to make an informed choice on its authenticity and honest intentions. Anyhow whilst I am here I think you all need a little light relief so here’s some of my collection...

I often have a dream where I find and pick up coins from the street,some of which are our currency and some of which are foreign. I suspect this has little to do with coins and more to do with money!

Yes it could well be a love token made by one to give to another commonly to mark a “hatch, match or dispatch†situation. The engraving is quite crude and could’ve been done many years after the date on the coin. I agree with Tom that it could be of interest to American collectors as it is identifiable as an early British coin. Letters drawn the wrong way round and spelling mistakes are not unusual.

That's easy for me as I only collect shillings and engraved coins which span lots of other denominations and currency. Perhaps an interesting question to ask would be what denominations prompted you start out collecting in the first place and why. I started with shillings because they were fairly common and easy to find (suited to date collecting which obviously kick starts lots of us on the road to collecting) yet and have an interesting story through history as the "common peoples coin". I also liked the fact that they have remained the same size for over 160 years and that they are silver and have some intrinsic value.

Rob, if you do a search on ebay there are a few examples on there.

This looks as if it might be of interest..here

And the best thing of all is that you don't necessarily have to spend very much to come by a coin that you would never part with!

Well if you'er talking "the only one" well that's most of my collection However this has got to take some beating ( to me personally ) its a love token found on ebay and traceable back through my husband's family tree. His mother's name Ayling and the place Alverstoke adjacent Portsmouth to where the family originated.

Slightly better than a fairground stall then perhaps Bagrap? Never mind,worth the speculation if nothing else. Richard I hope those bullets are used ones!

...but must have been very valuable to someone at one time! Probably the only coin that my son son has taken an interest in and has taken it to school as part of his WW11 project.

I don't need to google it - I am quite aware of what you are referring to Peck! Men Boys

Hasn't really worked that well given there were no actual bidders......

I've yet to find an engraved coin that has been slabbed .....phew!

You can even wrap a number of posts in double quote tags, so they all appear together ~ as above. Useful if you are replying to a few posts all relating to the same point, within a larger post reply. You mean, put an extra [quoote] at the beginning and an extra [/quoote] at the end? (Misspellings necessary just here, of course ) Ooooh yes now I see it Peck - thanks!

Which button is the multiquote button then? I have always used the insert quotation icon and cut and pasted the bits that others have said that I wanted to appear between the two brackets.

Some love tokens can be made up from individual stamped letters but its unlikely to be a love token if its been counter stamped as one whole design. Love tokens are usually one off pieces and counter stamps are designed to be used to mark a number of coins. Counter stamps (as I am learning) is a whole new area of research!

I went for the first time last June - it was my first coin fair too. Had a great time, easy to get find (always a bonus for me) friendly bunch of people, exhibitors and other browsers alike. Keep meaning to go again. I did think at the time it would've been useful if all fellow forum members wore a badge displaying their avatar then we could introduce one another.

That's a little different Paul - thanks for posting , will be watching with interest.