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i think we all  have found a love token at some stage through our detecting days, but what is your earliest one?? and what coin was it?? mine is a william sixpence, and  also the more common copper coin, rubbed flat so you cannot put a date to it,why we are on the subject, anyone know why they used coins??  should get some interesting replies :-\ :-\ :-\  mick

i all ways thort why they used coins was because they had value and if the one you gave it  to gave it back (that was the practice ) it ment you were worth more to them than the silver . possibly  :)
ive heard of hammered love tokens but whats a bent worn hammered and whats a love token is the question?
 :)

Normally a love token would have 2 parallel bends in a sight V    at least all mine have.

Here is an interesting link regarding love tokens:

http://www.treasurehunting.tv/archived_treasure_hunting/2006/07/what_is_a_love_token.html (http://www.treasurehunting.tv/archived_treasure_hunting/2006/07/what_is_a_love_token.html)

A gold one would be nice to find ! :D
Deb

would agree 100% all mine have, and i think thats how you know it is a love token, i would also add the more valuable the coin, the greater the love for that person ??? ??? :-\ :-\  mick

hi debbie, steve hammered found a gold one a few years back, it was a 2000 reis coin, will post photo if i can find one    mick

Hi Ive had one or two over the years pretty worn though,nice link Debbie, and would like to see the gold one Mick ;D.....Dave

hi dave pictures of the 2000 reis, coin was sent away to gold smith to have it straightened, then put in a pendent that he gave to his wife, nice ending dont you think    ;D ;D  mick

Cheers Mick,very nice, and a lovely ending ;D.......Dave

hi mate the earliest love token i found was in gloscester it was a james the 1st hammerd love token a penny we think  ??? it is bit rare to find a hammerd one it went to mark lodwick to be comfurmed and it came back as first coinage 1603-4 penny 1 behind head so they did do them in the 17th cent maybe before that  ???

All my money is classed as love tokens,   my wife Love's it ;D

my earliest love token is a lizzie hammerd dated 1566.

Hello Mick.    well my oldest one is a Heny the 8th Groat, circ. 1509
 the man would but a bend across one side and propose to his sweetheart,  if she excepted his proposal he'd then put another bend across the other side,  this was their Engagement Symble,  of coarse  they didn't have engagement rings back then.
The coin would then be kept in her purse for good luck.

ALSO   if they ever fell on hard times later and they needed money deperatley it would be straightened out to spend to help get them out of trouble,  the same as same couples have done with their rings in the past,
 Alan

well i think thats a lovly tradition that should be brought back,
I think i need to show the kids what they can do with a £2 coin, a hammer and a vice, theyll thank me for it when there older ;)

  I wrote a whole page about it one time for my website Karl.   i'll have to save it some where and put a link to it sometime,
 Alan

That's a very nice example James.

thanks to every one for the information on love tokens , enjoyed reading it still lots of members havent found any yet,  so keep on detecting   ;D ;D

arrr  iv'e linked the rest of my crooked sixpence artical now
http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=4848.0 (http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?topic=4848.0)

Lovely coins Mick and James! I like what you did with it Mick - there cant be many women wearing a Gold Reiss - nice touch.

Neil