vintage haul / birthday discovery

I may be impossible to shop for. as much as I love buying and selling treasures, I appreciate the simplicity of having just the right number of treasures in my own home -- enough treasures to be called a collection but few enough to be able to appreciate the individual items.

for my birthday gift this year Little Mommy purchased a love token from 1883 with my initials engraved in it. I am in awe.

who knew? I've been buying, selling, studying, learning about vintage jewelry for years and I had never stumbled upon one of these glorious coins.


here are a few favorites I found on the internet:
1 & 2



and here's someone making them in modern times: check out their inventory here