Golden Eagle Good Luck Token, 1935
Abstract
Golden Eagle Dry Goods store tokens were given out to customers of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company in the 1930s. Leopold Guldman opened the Denver Golden Eagle Dry Goods store in 1879 on 16th and Lawrence streets. This store token has a Lincoln penny (1935) mounted in a tin circle inscribed with a horseshoe and four-leaf clover. In raised lettering with the horseshoe is inscribed "Keep me and you will have good luck." On the reverse of the tin circle is inscribed in raised lettering "Golden Eagle D.[ry] G.[oods] Co. Denver, Colo. Pay cash - Pay less."
Dates
- 1935
Digital Repository
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Extent
1 Items (photograph) ; 4.5 centimeter diameter
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains a catalogue, bills of sales, a carnival beaded purse, and a lucky penny.
Provenance
Donated by
General
Title supplied by archivist.
Drawing Number
4.5 centimeter diameter
Inscription and Marks
On front of token: Horseshoe and four leaf clover and inscription "Keep me and you will have good luck." On the verso: "Golden Eagle D.[ry] G.[oods] Co.l Denver, Colo. Pay Cash
Creator
- From the Collection: Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company (Denver, Colo.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository