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Montgomery Ward Lucky Penny Game
Rob41281
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Does anyone know the story behind these? When are they from? Google searches turn up pretty much nothing. I've seen a handful of these game pieces before with IHC's and FEC's on eBay but never another with a LC.
My example.
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weird how the printing is cut off
That is a cool large cent
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Montgomery Ward was a California chain of department stores which operated in the 1950's.
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they operated up to and including the 90s
they started as mail-order many, many decades ago
Montgomery Ward was a Chicago based retailer that did a huge amount of catalog business in the late 19th and throughout most of the 20th century. I believe their last stores closed around 2000. One of my great grandfathers worked for them and celebrated his 25th anniversary of employment in 1926.
My dad called it ‘Monkey Wards’.
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Wonder if you were supposed to use the coin to rub off the coating.😀
It looks like something from the 1960's or early 1970's.
Here are some (similar) links (looks like the AI above might have used some of these). I only glanced through and not sure about some but really don't know. The first one has this section shown below indicating a raised MW logo but...???
Unfortunately didn't see any pictures of any (a few of the links came up not found).
https://coinagerings.org/cracking-the-montgomery-ward-lucky-penny-mystery-my-step-by-step-guide-to-identifying-and-valuing-this-rare-collectible/
https://coinagerings.org/the-hidden-genius-behind-montgomery-wards-lucky-penny-game-a-numismatic-marketing-masterclass/
https://coinagerings.org/beginners-guide-to-collecting-and-understanding-montgomery-wards-lucky-penny-game/
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