I think PCGS needs this for a Mascot, it will help people like me.......

coinsarefun

......waiting for their grades and Trueviews!!
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ChrisH821

Interesting

Insider2

Very nice condition.

Hemispherical

@coinsarefun

Wish you the best on the grades.

coinsarefun

Hmmmmm, this went over like a lead balloon, lol

WillieBoyd2

The Billiken strikes again:

Modern Billiken Good Luck Coin with All-Seeing Eye
Copper, 38 mm, 26.20 gm
Obverse: Billiken sitting GOOD LUCK POCKET PIECE
Reverse: All-Seeing Eye at top and various "good luck" symbols

coinsarefun

I like that one @WillieBoyd2 Thanks for posting it.
But I love the wording on mine....."THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY OUT TO BE"
That is just freaking hilarious

Kkathyl

Looks like it has a clashing on observe near the Buddha or it could be a overstrike. Let us know when grade comes in.

ricko

Chubby little devil, but he has a nice smile.... 'rots o' ruck Stef....Cheers, RickO

WillieBoyd2

The Billiken is very popular.

I also have a Rexall Drug Store Billiken token with another well-known emblem on the reverse:

Rexall Drug Stores Billiken Good Luck Coin
Brass, 32mm, 11.06gm

Obverse:
OPTIMISTIC AND PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF REXALLITES MEMBER'S COIN
Billiken and horseshoe
GUD LUKK / GOD OF GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD CHEER

Reverse:
I AM A REXALLITE BECAUSE MY DRUG STORE NEEDS BE THEY FEW OR MORE
I CAN ALWAYS BUY BEST AT THE REXALL STORE
THE REXALL STORE IN MY TOWN IS ONE OF THE WORLDS 7000 BEST DRUG STORES

Rexall was a chain of North American drugstores which operated from 1920 to 1977.

messydesk

What ever happened to Sniffy the Secure Plus Hound?

Hemispherical

Sorry, went a bit OT but research does lead to many paths.

It is a pretty good read on how good can spread. (Oversimplified summary, sorry.)

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The Newsboy’s Good Deed:
Billiken Magazine’s Construction of Argentine Childhood In 1942

Billiken is the world’s longest running children’s weekly magazine, having been published continuously in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since 1919. Billiken opens a window on to the changing historical constructions of Argentine childhoods over time and in changing political landscapes, and this article offers a snapshot of the magazine in 1942 to explore the multiple processes by which the magazine constructed its child reader and sought to guide the reading experience. Here Billiken emerges as a product of popular consumer culture wedded to Argentina’s nation-building process, and which sought to forge the ideal future citizen using both education and entertainment.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/714445

Zoins

Great tokens and threads! Thanks for posting @coinsarefun and @WillieBoyd2 !

Stork

@WillieBoyd2 said:
The Billiken is very popular.

I also have a Rexall Drug Store Billiken token with another well-known emblem on the reverse:

Rexall Drug Stores Billiken Good Luck Coin
Brass, 32mm, 11.06gm

Obverse:
OPTIMISTIC AND PROGRESSIVE ORDER OF REXALLITES MEMBER'S COIN
Billiken and horseshoe
GUD LUKK / GOD OF GOOD LUCK, GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD CHEER

Reverse:
I AM A REXALLITE BECAUSE MY DRUG STORE NEEDS BE THEY FEW OR MORE
I CAN ALWAYS BUY BEST AT THE REXALL STORE
THE REXALL STORE IN MY TOWN IS ONE OF THE WORLDS 7000 BEST DRUG STORES

Rexall was a chain of North American drugstores which operated from 1920 to 1977.

In this case that is the counterclockwise version. Before the 1930s the emblem was one associated with good luck, and has been used as an emblem associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, and more for centuries (if not millennia).

Even now living in Asia you could find a counterclockwise mark on maps to locate the Buddhist temples. Really makes a Westerner do a double take when you see that. A few years ago there was some idea of replacing the symbol on maps meant for tourists in Japan. Not sure if that went anywhere or not.

WillieBoyd2

The 1940 MGM film "Waterloo Bridge" employs a small Billiken charm as part of the story.
The film is set in London, begins in 1939, then moves back to World War I for most of the story.
Robert Taylor is a British Army captain who meets and falls in love with Vivien Leigh, a ballet dancer.
The pair pass the Billiken between them during the story.

Waterloo Bridge Billiken

Waterloo Bridge - Vivien Leigh gives Billiken to Robert Taylor

mapleman

I own several. I'd be interested in this as a pocket piece if it goes on the market.

MIK

crazyhounddog

Yeah, it’s cool 😎
The condition is also up there.
Thanks for sharing 😊

coinsarefun

I found another Billiken but not sure what the reverse means.
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koynekwest

The St Louis basketball team is known as the Billikens.

Namvet69

I've got a vintage billiken token in a binder around here somewhere. I'm not one to believe in good or bad luck. Random acts and chaos theory rules the day. Peace Roy

WillieBoyd2

coinsarefun's token is from the Royal Order of Jesters, a Masonic (Freemasonry) group.

coinsarefun

@WillieBoyd2 said:
coinsarefun's token is from the Royal Order of Jesters, a Masonic (Freemasonry) group.

So that explains the R O J on the reverse, what does 48 stand for?
Oh, I see on the obverse court No. 48
So I guess that’s it. But isn’t this a Billiken token also?

stack888

Nimrod would be proud if he could just see how far all his symbolism has come . Dynasty to dynasty to in a pocket or billfold near you . We Americans might hold the record for the currency with the most hidden on a national currency . Some say these novelty coins have special meanings , luck or even powers . Do you think that’s what is going on with our currency and symbolism ?