Encased cents and pennies were used as a form of advertising.

Aluminum, 32 mm, 5.15 gm
Obverse:
STORK CLUB
LUCKY PENNY
Figure of a stork (bird) with a top hat
Reverse:
The reverse legend is the same as the obverse legend.

The Stork Club was a famous nightclub in New York City which ran from 1929 to 1965.
It was located at 3 East 53rd Street.
During Prohibition it was run as a "speakeasy" where illegal alcohol was served.

Aluminum, 35 mm, 6.05 gm
Obverse:
Horseshoe
KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE
Reverse:
EGYPTIAN TEA ROOM
617 SOUTH 4TH
WHERE YOUR FUTURE IS REVEALED

The Egyptian Tea Room was a famous nightclub in Louisville, Kentucky, which ran from 1931 to 1940.
It was located at 617 South 4th Street.
During Prohibition it was run as a "speakeasy" where illegal alcohol was served.
The club offered fortune telling and tea leaf readings.

Aluminum, 34 mm, 5.82 gm
Obverse:
KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE
Horseshoe and Four-Leaf Clover
Lincoln Cent 1946
Reverse:
BOB AND SANDY
SANTA ROSA CALIF.

This token dates from the late 1940's.
Bob and Sandy was a popular Santa Rosa bar in the 1940's and hosted programs for servicemen.
It was located south of the city on the Kenwood Highway which is now California State Route 12.

Aluminum, 35 mm, 5.58 gm
Obverse:
Horseshoe and Four-Leaf Clover
KEEP ME AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
Lincoln Cent 1958-D
Reverse:
CENTRAL VALLEY NATIONAL BANK
SINCE 1892

This token dates from the late 1950's.
The Central Valley National Bank was active in Northern California in the 1950's and 1960's.

Aluminum, 35 mm, 5.64 gm
Obverse:
Horseshoe and four leaf clover
KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE
Reverse:
MERCHANDISE NATIONAL BANK
IN THE
MERCHANDISE MART
WH 4-4500

The Chicago Merchandise Mart Bank made this encased cent in the 1950's.
The Merchandise Mart building is a large Chicago building and was owned by the Joseph Kennedy family of Massachusetts from 1945 to 1998.
It was the family's major source of funds for their activities during that period.

Aluminum, 35 mm, 5.91 gm
Obverse:
KEEP ME AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
Reverse:
RED GOOSE SHOES / For Boys - For Girls

The Red Goose Shoe Company of St. Louis, Missouri, began selling shoes in 1869.
The International Shoe Company began using the name "Red Goose Shoes" in 1906.
The company stopped making Red Goose Shoes in the 1960's.

Aluminum, 35mm, 5.88gm
Obverse:
Hebrew version of below English legend "Mercy shown ... "
GOOD LUCK
MERCY SHOWN FELLOW MEN
WILL WIN MERCY IN HEAVEN
Lincoln Cent 1948-S
Reverse:
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL and CLINIC
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Two hearts
"The Institution With A Heart"

Mount Sinai Hospital is now know as Cedars-Sinai.
It is sometimes known as "The Hospital of the Stars" due to the many Hollywood personalities who have been treated there over the years.

Aluminum, 35 mm x 42 mm, 6.29 gm
Obverse:
KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE
I BRING GOOD LUCK
Reverse:
BRIGHT SPOT RENO
WHERE THE JACKPOTS ARE