4279 – Good Luck Pieces
- Physical description:
- A set of eight Good Luck Pieces (lucky coins or tokens), made from various different copper alloys, and varying in colour from a bright brass colour through a copper colour to a dull dark brown. They are contained in card and cellulose coin pockets with descriptions written on them in ballpoint pen.
- Museum classification:
- Protection / Good Luck
- Size:
- 25 diam smallest, 35 diam largest
- Information:
The pieces consist of:
A shiny brass-coloured token with, on one side, the words 'Finsterwald Clothes 50th Anniversary', plus the dates 1898 - 1948, and on the other the words 'Good Luck Token' and pictures of a horseshoe, a wishbone and a four-leaved clover.
A dull brass-coloured token with, on one side, a scary horned figure and the words 'Good Luck' and 'Jinx-Buster', and on the other the words 'By nite or day three times say "Jinx Away!" Forget all fear and keep me near.'
A somewhat tarnished brass-coloured token with, on one side, the words 'Action with Purpose' and, round the edge, 'Uncle Jake's Good Luck Medal' and 'Pep without Purpose is Piffle', and on the other side the words 'Faith and Enthusiam make the Goal', the letters 'KVP', and the word 'Kalamazoo'.
A somewhat tarnished copper-coloured token with, on both sides, a picture of a cheerful-looking hunchback, and the words 'Always carry me and rub my hump for good luck.' It is likely this is derived from Italian hunchback good luck charms. The writing on the pocket identifies the maker as the Victory Sparkler and Speciality Co.
A copper-coloured token with pictures, on both sides, of a very broad range of objects associated with good luck, including a horseshoe, a wishbone, an elephant and an Aladdin's lamp. Writing around the rims includes the words 'Kill Jinx', 'Health', 'Charity', 'Success' etc.
A rather dark and dull token featuring a picture of the Billiken, a lucky figure created c. 1908 by the American artist Florence Pretz, who apparently saw the figure in a dream. There is writing on the other side of the token, but it is hard to decipher.
Another rather dark and dull token, but featuring a rather interesting double spiral design on both sides, with the words 'Good Luck'. The maker's name, Osterman, also appears on the token.
A brass-coloured token with the words 'Lucky Talisman of the Orient' on one side together with pictures of an elephant, a wishbone, and other symbols of good luck. The other side features a head, as with a conventional coin, and the words 'Health Happiness Wealth Forever'.
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Metal (copper alloy)
- Copyright ownership:
- MWM
The pieces consist of:
A shiny brass-coloured token with, on one side, the words 'Finsterwald Clothes 50th Anniversary', plus the dates 1898 - 1948, and on the other the words 'Good Luck Token' and pictures of a horseshoe, a wishbone and a four-leaved clover.
A dull brass-coloured token with, on one side, a scary horned figure and the words 'Good Luck' and 'Jinx-Buster', and on the other the words 'By nite or day three times say "Jinx Away!" Forget all fear and keep me near.'
A somewhat tarnished brass-coloured token with, on one side, the words 'Action with Purpose' and, round the edge, 'Uncle Jake's Good Luck Medal' and 'Pep without Purpose is Piffle', and on the other side the words 'Faith and Enthusiam make the Goal', the letters 'KVP', and the word 'Kalamazoo'.
A somewhat tarnished copper-coloured token with, on both sides, a picture of a cheerful-looking hunchback, and the words 'Always carry me and rub my hump for good luck.' It is likely this is derived from Italian hunchback good luck charms. The writing on the pocket identifies the maker as the Victory Sparkler and Speciality Co.
A copper-coloured token with pictures, on both sides, of a very broad range of objects associated with good luck, including a horseshoe, a wishbone, an elephant and an Aladdin's lamp. Writing around the rims includes the words 'Kill Jinx', 'Health', 'Charity', 'Success' etc.
A rather dark and dull token featuring a picture of the Billiken, a lucky figure created c. 1908 by the American artist Florence Pretz, who apparently saw the figure in a dream. There is writing on the other side of the token, but it is hard to decipher.
Another rather dark and dull token, but featuring a rather interesting double spiral design on both sides, with the words 'Good Luck'. The maker's name, Osterman, also appears on the token.
A brass-coloured token with the words 'Lucky Talisman of the Orient' on one side together with pictures of an elephant, a wishbone, and other symbols of good luck. The other side features a head, as with a conventional coin, and the words 'Health Happiness Wealth Forever'.