Hey gang! I picked this up in a batch of world stuff this morning. Not much is known about this token, When googled you find one description of the coin posted but NO other history about who struck them, where they were struck, or where this supposed place was located. The piece was dated 1920 and probably originates from that date. Anyone ever seen another one of these?
Wow! I never heard of this. I checked in the unusual coins catalog and this is not listed. I found a similar token/coin reference on google though. Anyway regardless of rarity a cool piece.
Certainly a strange piece I found this on the internet, but the author admits he doesn't know anything about it either. http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksJK.html
yeah, I have the unusual coin catalog which list many of these but it isnt in there...very cool peice. I think I am the most facinated with coins struck by individuals for some reason.
Little bit about it here http://www.geocities.com/erik_mccrea/linksJK.html I would also hazard a guess that it was Australian
I showed this to one of my customers and he was able to give me some insight into the piece. He said that he thought the piece had a few plays on words. the 1000 lazistas was really "1000 Lazy Stars". Which would make sense with the motif on the reverse. The Divid-en-day Rex. was really dividend stood for "Dividend King". Which would match the picture of the guy with the crown on. The "kumalongoola" come along oola?? anyone see anything else?
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer from April 9, 1920, there was a musical comedy "Kumalongoola" presented that evening at the Emery Auditorium, by the Procter & Gamble office employees for the benefit of the University of Cincinnati endowment fund. Maybe the coin has been used for this musical... http://cincinnati.newspapers.com/newspage/34848006/ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33870279/
