Good Luck Token - Billiken Richard A. Davis, Las Vegas, Nevada
Good Luck Token - Billiken Richard A. Davis, Las Vegas, Nevada
€248,307.00
Location
United
States
Year
Type
Spiritual tokens › Good
luck tokens
Composition
Copper
Weight
Diameter
Thickness
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Edge
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse description
A good luck coin with a creature named billiken on it followed by a short poem of the good luck that billiken brings.
Obverse lettering
THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY OUGHT TO
BE
BILLIKEN
Mirth is king
RICHARD A. DAVIS
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A small poem from billiken.
Reverse lettering
GOOD LUCK
I AM THE GOD OF LUCKINESS
SO ALWAYS KEEP ME NIGH
MISFORTUNE`S FROWN WILL DISAPPEAR
AT ONE FLASH FROM MY EYE
BE SURE THAT I AM ON THE SPOT
WHEN PROJECTS YOU BEGIN
I AM THE GOD OF LUCKINESS
MY NAME IS BILLIKEN
LAS VEGAS CT. 181
