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Description: | This is an unusual, and probable, post medieval love token, a heart formed from three hammered silver Elizabeth I sixpences. The coins are in very poor condition being almost totally rubbed out, however, there is clearly visible, the letters LIZA on the left coin on the facing side.The denomination is based on the coin size.The bent coin as a love-token may be derived from the well-recorded practice of bending a coin when making a vow to a saint. The bending a coin when one person made a vow to another was another practice which arose from this. From the traditional wedding rhyme - something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in your shoe - symbolised happiness and spiritual and financial wealth and the coin could have been placed anywhere in the garb of the bride. Such a token, once given, had to be kept about the person at all times.A silver sixpence has, since its introduction, often been associated with bringing luck in wealth and betrothal.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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