A Beautiful German Penny Toy

Sunday, April 21, 2024

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A Beautiful German Penny Toy

Yesterday, I finished a post from a new seller on ebay. His store is Stripe4107. 

After I finished the post, I decided to see what else he had in the store. 

I saw some toys that are called German penny toys. I have no idea if they truly cost 1 cent 

back in the 1920's or 1930's, but they were very interesting and I'd never seen them before.

I did some reading on these toys, but I added a link at the end of this post 

to read an excellent article on Wikipedia.

These toys were made from tin metal, and beautifully painted. Most

of these small-sized toys were made in Germany, and the name "Penny Toy" 

was "coined" in Britain because at the time (1885-1914), these toys sold for 1 cent!*

* From the excellent article from Wikipedia

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_toy)**

** I added a direct link to Wikipedia at the bottom of this post.

Description

German Double Jockey Galloping Toy

Length:  5" / 12.7 cm

Lithographed tin, features articulated gallop motion when clockwork is activated.

Very hard to find a double jockey.

What I personally liked about the toy was the nice colours of the paint.

I decided to look for more information about these most-interesting

and charming toys. I went to Wikipedia and found an excellent article on

these toys.

Please click on this line to redirect to Wikipedia

So as they say in the movie lexicon (vocabulary), when a movie scene is finished:

"That's a wrap"

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great part of the morning, noon, or evening, 

wherever you may be.

My name is (Mr.) Stacey Bindman

and I can always be contacted at:

toysearcher@gmail.com