Joshua Coin Traditional Cache
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Some people say the Joshua Coin was one of the original thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas. Some say it was a square Peruvian coin from the seventeenth century. According to legend, the Joshua Coin brings wealth and good luck to its owner as long as the person is named Joshua and is a direct descendent of the previous owner. Bad luck would befall anyone who possessed the coin without being a son whose names included Joshua.
The Joshua Coin was named for Joshua Cox who was captured by a native tribe during the French and Indian War. Cox escaped wearing little but the coin around his neck. His granddaughter, Nancy, inherited the coin and passed it to her son, Richard Joshua Reynolds.
People would rub the coin on their gold coins, tokens, and teeth fillings to increase their wealth. Used in this manner, the Joshua Coin could pass good luck to someone other than the owner. All those who touched the coin before going off to war returned safely. It protected many people in the Civil War, Spanish American War, WWI and WWII. The coin passed down from generation to generation. It brought great wealth to R. J. Reynolds and passed to his oldest son, R. J. Reynolds, Jr. Before leaving home for the Navy in WWII, he rubbed the coin on his gold filled teeth and put it in a safe deposit box. He survived the siege of Iwo Jima, kamikaze attacks, and heavy enemy fire.
No one knows what became of the Joshua coin after Junior's death. Some say it's buried in the sand at Sapelo Island, SC or ended up in Switzerland with his fourth wife. Maybe it's still in Winston-Salem. One thing for sure, unless someone leaves it in trade, you won't find it in the Joshua Coin cache.
Information about the coin is from The Gilded Leaf by Patrick Reynolds.
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