Daikoku, Japanese deity of wealth and luck.  From Rockford's 1929 yearbook.

From Kladderadatsch, 1922.

You've heard of "marrying money," but here's a couple being married by money (and one of them is a magazine).  From The Judge, 1921.  None of this is covered in The Collected Lost Meanings of Wedlock.

The only time we've spent hours flinging coins was when we unlocked that vintage weight scale that was literally overflowing with pennies: video.

From The Kingdom of Coins by Bradley Gilman, 1894.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click to show all four sides of the coin. From Nebelspalter, 1886.

Pennies from heaven are here revealed to coalesce from alcohol proceeds.  From Nebelspalter, 1890.

From Le Journal Amusant, 1911.

"Physicist turns gold into lead." From George Washington University's Hatchet, 1987.

From Zritel', 1906.  There are tiny imps on the devil's tail and coin purse throne, which we've enlarged for you.

You've heard of a well-dressed person looking "like a million bucks."  It traces back to when money itself used to be more presentable.  From Lustige Blätter, 1917.

This where all our money went, too.  Back in those days, they swore it was a solid investment.  From Le Charivari, 1879.