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Old 17-02-2014, 07:19 PM
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The other peices are 3 ring musket bullets from the early 1800s, as for the love token..well....George11 copper farthing love token 1700s the man bent it this way so his girlfriend wouldnt spend it....The “Bender” love tokens are perhaps not so obvious. It is thought that a young man would prove his love to his young lady by physically bending a coin in front on her. Often this was done on sixpences but occasionally we see it on gold coins and copper coins. The theory is that if the young man gives the coin to the young lady and she keeps (treasures) it, then he’s a happy soul (and hopefully so is she). If she takes it and throws it away into the field, then maybe it’s time to move on to pastures new! The old Nursery Rhyme about the man finding a “crooked sixpence” was maybe based on finding a discarded bender love token?
AND I FOUND IT IN A FIELD..ARE BLESS HIM..
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