C. Carey Cloud » Cracker Jack » Embossed Metal Circles


C. Carey Cloud created seven Embossed Metal Circle toys for Cracker Jack.  They are, the Good Luck Token, Private Detective, Something to Crow About, Daffy Dollar, Queer Quarter, Nutty Nickel, and Phony Penny. Each measure 1⅝" or 4.8 cm, in diameter.

C. Carey Cloud created the Embossed Metal Circles for Cracker Jack out of scrap metal. Carey Cloud discovered that Ball Brothers, maker of home canning lids, had tons of scrap two-inch metal discs. Buying the scrap metal for only $25 per ton for his toys, he was able to make over eighty million toys for Cracker Jack. When Ball Brothers discovered that he was making toys from the scrap metal, they raised the price to $125 per ton, and that was the end of his metal toys.

The toys he made from the scrap metal were, Metal Litho Garage, Metal Litho Typewriter, Metal Litho Piano, Metal Litho Cabinets, Metal Litho Range, Metal Litho Clock, Metal Litho Radio, Embossed Metal Circles, Metal Chirpers, Metal Litho Plates.