Encased coin: Advertising promotion for Al & Syd Kiddieland, 614 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. with encased 1951 penny.
Entry/Object ID
2018.002.0003
Description
Encased coin: Advertising promotion for Al & Syd Kiddieland, 614 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. with encased 1951 penny. No date. No manufacturer identification.
Stamped aluminum, 1-3/8" diameter, with copper penny.
Ferguson Brothers Manufacturing Company (founded 1878 in New York City) was wholesale manufacturer of furniture and accessories located in Hoboken from 1900 until the business closed in 1945. Large factory at Eighth and Monroe Sts., mailing address 832 Monroe St.
Encasement front: horseshoe and four-leaf clover motif with phrase - Keep Me And You Will Have Good Luck (head side of inserted coin.)
Encasement back: Al & Syd Kiddieland, 614 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. (tail side of inserted coin.)