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# ‘Crooked’ coins
[[2025-0104. '‘Crooked’ coins were superstitious objects thought to bring good fortune. They were used to wish love and luck into the future of a courting couple, or foundlings left at the Hospital.'|'‘Crooked’ coins were superstitious objects thought to bring good fortune. They were used to wish love and luck into the future of a courting couple, or foundlings left at the Hospital.']][^1]
[^1]: Sally Holloway, ‘Tokens of History: Love Tokens’, *Foundling Museum*, retrieved 4 January 2025, https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/tokens-of-history/love-tokens/.