Since 1950 owners or heirs of this object have been legally encumbered from selling it without first offering it for sale to a particular party for the sum of $1.

Those objects acquired before the 1950 provision have been known to sell for six figure sums.

The material used is made from approximately 93% tin, 5% antimony, and 2% copper. Then a gold plate is applied to the surface.

The first one was use in 1929.

They are still used today.

Since 1980 only about 50 are made per YEAR.

They are made in the United States.

In 1939 the object was referred to by THIS nick-name.

It is unclear who coined the nick-name but Walt Disney, Betty Davis and husband Harmon Nelson, and Oscar Pierce may have had a part of it.

You have seen one many times in your life.