20th Century North American GOOD LUCK COINS
AN OLD GOOD LUCK TOKEN WITH SWAMI LOOKING INTO
CRYSTAL BALL WITH SWASTIKA
"good luck will accompany the bearer"
Thanks to the kindness of Bruce Raplee and Glendon
Herber, whom i met through the usenet group
rec.collecting.coins,
i am now the proud owner of a collection-in-the-making of some really great 20th
century North American Lucky Coins. Some of these were advertising tokens, some
seem to have been designed as souvenirs, others are arcade-stamped custom
tokens, and one is an elongated coin with a "lucky" message instead of the
customary touristic images one most commonly finds on rolled pennies.
This is
20th century popular culture in North America, but it represents
what has passed into my hands.
Note: In descriptions of non-monetary coins, the designations Obverse and
Reverse are entirely arbitrary, so i am calling the side of the coin with the words
"Good Luck" the Obverse; if the words "Good Luck" do not appear, then the side
with the word "Luck" or "Lucky" is the Obverse.
GOOD LUCK COINS/TOKEN OR "POCKET PIECES"
These are primarily bronze or gold-plated bronze coins made in sizes
approximating the U.S. quarter, half-dollar, and silver dollar. Similar in size
and design to
souvenir good luck coins and
advertising good luck coins , they are distinguished by the
fact that they do not bear souvenir or advertising messages, merely promises of
good luck, especially in money matters. Many display the typical North America
lucky icons:
horseshoe,
four-leaf clover,
wishbone,
rabbit foot,
swastika, and so forth. The height of their manufacture seems to have been in
the 1930s, during the Great Depression.
Good Luck Coin, bronze, circa 1930s, 31 mm.
Obverse: Swami in turban gazes into crystal ball with reverse swastika
Legend: GOOD LUCK WILL ACCOMPANY THE BEARER
Reverse: All-Seeing
Eye with swastika,
heart-padlock, four-leaf clover,
elephant, horseshoe, rabbit foot, wishbone
Legend: THE ALL SEEING EYE GUARDS YOU FROM EVIL
Note: The sculptural relief on the reverse of this coin may have been engraved
by the same artist who engraved the obverse of coin
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