Two tokens and a weight

[Digger RJ]

Short hunt after Church. Got two Odd tokens and a weight plus a little clad. The one Odd token has a date of 1908.
Happy Hunting!!!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[billb]

Short hunt after Church. Got two Odd tokens and a weight plus a little clad. The one Odd token has a date of 1908.
Happy Hunting!!!

RJ
Very Nice
Congratulations

 

[Digger RJ]

RJ
Very Nice
Congratulations

Thanks Bill!

 

[Florida Finder]

Short hunt after Church. Got two Odd tokens and a weight plus a little clad. The one Odd token has a date of 1908.
Happy Hunting!!!View attachment 2046031View attachment 2046032View attachment 2046033View attachment 2046034View attachment 2046053View attachment 2046054View attachment 2046055

Some very nice finds! Congratulations

 

[Gare]

you did ok

 

[Gare]

You would have done better had the token been A REPUBLICAN lol

 

[Digger RJ]

Some very nice finds! Congratulations

Thanks !!

 

[Digger RJ]

Ypouj would have done better had the token ben A REPUBLICAN lol

Thanks & For Sure🤣!

 

[Red-Coat]

Interesting selection of kinds. The good luck pocket piece (not a token) depicts the ‘God’ known as ‘Billiken’.

Billiken is an imagined figure claimed to have been seen in a dream by the American art teacher and illustrator Florence Pretz of Missouri. She filed for copyright on 12th June 1908 (design patent #39,603, granted 6th October 1908) taking the name “Billiken” from Bliss Carman's 1896 poem “Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People.”

She then commercialized it, selling all manner of objects using the figurine design as a good luck totem via the Billiken Company of Chicago: chalkware figures, dolls, money-banks, jewellery, lucky tokens, postcards and other items. The chalkware figures were later sold with a throne that carried the motto "The God Of Things As They Ought To Be" around the base.

To buy a Billiken was said to give the purchaser luck, but to receive one as a gift would be better luck. The concept became a worldwide craze for several years and then faded into obscurity, although Billiken has been adopted as the official ‘God’ of the ‘Church of Good Luck’.

 

[Digger RJ]

Interesting selection of kinds. The good luck pocket piece (not a token) depicts the ‘God’ known as ‘Billiken’.

Billiken is an imagined figure claimed to have been seen in a dream by the American art teacher and illustrator Florence Pretz of Missouri. She filed for copyright on 12th June 1908 (design patent #39,603, granted 6th October 1908) taking the name “Billiken” from Bliss Carman's 1896 poem “Mr. Moon: A Song Of The Little People.”

She then commercialized it, selling all manner of objects using the figurine design as a good luck totem via the Billiken Company of Chicago: chalkware figures, dolls, money-banks, jewellery, lucky tokens, postcards and other items. The chalkware figures were later sold with a throne that carried the motto "The God Of Things As They Ought To Be" around the base.

To buy a Billiken was said to give the purchaser luck, but to receive one as a gift would be better luck. The concept became a worldwide craze for several years and then faded into obscurity, although Billiken has been adopted as the official ‘God’ of the ‘Church of Good Luck’.

View attachment 2046058

Thanks Red-Coat! Thanks for the history and info,😁

 

[Rhapsody]

Short hunt after Church. Got two Odd tokens and a weight plus a little clad. The one Odd token has a date of 1908.
Happy Hunting!!!View attachment 2046031View attachment 2046032View attachment 2046033View attachment 2046034View attachment 2046053View attachment 2046054View attachment 2046055

Ahhh differentness, it's what this hobby is all about nice digs there!

 

[Jose The Goon]

Interesting political "token". Dem, donkey, my party on one side, GOP, elephant, my party on the flip side. I wonder what that is ?? A game token perhaps ?? Maybe a coin that you would flip to decide how to vote. Curious.
Nice finds. Congrats !!

 

[Digger RJ]

Ahhh differentness, it's what this hobby is all about nice digs there!

Thanks!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Interesting political "token". Dem, donkey, my party on one side, GOP, elephant, my party on the flip side. I wonder what that is ?? A game token perhaps ?? Maybe a coin that you would flip to decide how to vote. Curious.
Nice finds. Congrats !!

It’s listed as a vintage coin flip🤷🏼‍♂️
Maybe to help them decide 🤣
Posted one I found online, just not much info about it.

 

[Blak bart]

Great day out RJ....loving the political token !!

 

[pepperj]

Fun hunt getting a couple of really different finds. Congrats

 

[oldmxrat]

Two things I've never seen before in one hunt, great job RJ!

 

[Mackaydon]

Interesting token:

BILLIKEN Lucky Coin Token Pocket Piece Good Luck 1908 Chicago Unknown Vintage | eBay

I am the God of Luckiness. BILLIKEN, "The god of things as they ought to be" the front states. The back reads Billiken lucky coin token. Billiken replica token. Copper color. Minor imperfections in the strike show it to appear to be worn from age.

www.ebay.com

Don...

 

[Digger RJ]

Great day out RJ....loving the political token !!

Thanks!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Fun hunt getting a couple of really different finds. Congrats

Thanks!!