The lucky coin

Just a tought about the concept of lucky coin. Where does this myth come from? Is our christian background cristallised in this concept? A concept saying in fact that this coin, maybe worthless, can still bring you fortune; that you don't need to be rich to be happy, or to have hopes?

Poverty and hope united in a penny?

But there is the concept of luck, a quite pagan one if there is...

So let's call it a mix of the christian vision of wealth and the paganist concept of the offering or the mystical artefact, wich can give you power...