lakeside pokey coin case ~ 1967

i've had this vintage lakeside pokey item for many years, but until recently it looked like this ~

i had the original pokey bitty loose, but whatever child of long ago had extricated it from the card had also taken the special lucky coin with them.. i thought i'd never see one.. until a week ago on ebay, after more than a decade of regularly checking the gumby items, i saw it there!

it was much larger than i'd expected ~

a very nice ebayer pulled his auction since there were no bidders yet, to make sure i got this coin reunited with its original packaging.. (thank you, russell!) ~

i very carefully replaced the lucky coin & pokey & this item is now happily brought home to gumbyland, where all the old gumby & pokeys retire in their old age.. :)

having hosted gumbyland for many years now, i feel a bit like a museum curator just for gumby.. lol in fact holly harman (art clokey & gloria harman's daughter who brought us the new gumby show, & also the voice of minga) once told me that she always thought there should be a gumby museum, & she thinks that gumbyland is it, appropriately a 'virtual museum' ~ (gumby always kept up with the times.. )

i still love finding a good rare vintage gumby item, even after all these years of collecting ~

lakeside 1967 - made in hong kong ~

if you are thinking of becoming a collector, always start with what you love, it will bring you many years of happiness..

ghost & toxic

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Comments

[gumboflexo]

Wow, the coin is very cool and looks even better in the package. These rare Lakeside packaged items really add spice to a vintage Gumby and Pokey collection.
Your museum is really expanding!

[ghost]

until i received it, i hadn't realized the coin would be as large as the void space in the package.. haha!
you know, rather than update my gumbyland website (the photos are kinda small there..) i thought i'd just keep highlighting gumby items here every once in a while & maybe add links over at my collection page..
it gives me an excuse to dig the old gumby stuff out & rephoto them.. ;)

[Beth Blake]

I have one of these coins, a little more worn. Can you tell me how rare it is and the value?

[ghost]

beth ~

i can tell you that it is rare because i kept my eye out for one on ebay for years before i found one.. that said, since then i have seen this item unopened up on ebay a couple of times (intact) for fairly high prices.. i couldn't tell you a price because it's really only desirable to gumby collectors who lack only the coin part or just appreciate it by itself.. there's no set value for it.. good luck!