


© Jody Dotson
Good Luck Token - Josephine Tussaud World of Wax (Hot Springs, Arkansas) ND
Nickel plated steel | - | 28 mm |
Location | United States |
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Issuing entity | Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum |
Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
Type | Spiritual tokens › Good luck tokens |
Composition | Nickel plated steel |
Diameter | 28 mm |
Thickness | 1 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Updated | 2024-11-14 |
Numista | N#171019 |
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Rarity index | 92% |
Reverse
An engraving of 2 horseshoes with a star underneath both of them (towards the middle). There are three stars on the top edge of the coin, and four stars on the bottom edge of the coin.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
GOOD LUCK
SOUVENIR
Edge
Plain
Comment
The Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum is a tourist attraction in downtown Hot Springs (Garland County) and the only wax museum in Arkansas. The museum was established in 1971 in the historic Southern Club building at 250 Central Avenue, directly across from the Arlington Hotel and straddling Hot Springs National Park. The museum features over 100 life-size wax figures of real and fictional characters and over thirty scenes, as well as gambling paraphernalia and an exhibit, a gift shop, and a seated 4D virtual reality ride.https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/josephine-tussaud-wax-museum-4091/
Josephine Tussaud (1900–1985) was the great-great-granddaughter of Marie Tussaud (1761–1850), a French wax sculptor and founder of the famous Madame Tussauds Wax Museum of London in 1835, but the establishment in Hot Springs is not affiliated with the Madame Tussauds international chain. The museum is housed in a two-story, 14,000-square-foot building that is modeled in the Romanesque Revival style and features egg and dart molding, arched one-over-one windows, and much of the original lighting, wallpaper, and décor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1985.