Wooden Nickel - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Alabama) ND front Wooden Nickel - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Alabama) ND back
Wooden Nickel - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Alabama) ND photo
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Wooden Nickel - Joe Cain Procession (Mobile, Alabama) ND

 
Wood 2.6 g 37.90 mm
Description
Location
United States
Type
Event tokens › Festival tokens
Composition
Wood
Weight
2.6 g
Diameter
37.90 mm
Thickness
3.30 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#347736
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SLAC LEAPS FOR
THE GOLD
MCMLXXXLII
SEVENTEEN CAIN COINS

Translation: 1972

Edge

Plain

Comment

Joe Cain (1832-1904) is regarded as the founder of Mobile's modern-day Mardi Gras celebration. In 1866, Cain paraded through downtown Mobile dressed as an imagined Indian chief, an act that helped rejuvenate the city's carnival tradition.