banivechi 0 Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 I just received my last addition to my British coins. It's a 1822 crown TERTIO, hanged and engraved over king's neck "Hannah Walker, Rottington". The very interesting part is that a simple google search saw me out to the genealogy page of the Walkers from Rottington. Only two rows about Hannah Walker (born in 1805 died unmarried after 1891), but anyway an amazing link between a real coin and a real person 180 years ago... Here's the coin (the picture from ebay auction- the coin looks better in hand): Here's the link: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancest...amilystory.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
constanius 0 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Fascinating, a great find. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YeOldeCollector 0 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 Great piece of social history. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snowdesk 0 Posted February 28, 2009 Report Share Posted February 28, 2009 What an interesting story and coin. I didn't even know about love tokens until I started hanging around this forum. I can understand why people like collecting them. They have back stories that spark the imagination. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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