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Line 1: [[File:02018 0505 Solina-Stausee cropped.jpg\|thumb\|"Jews with coins" on sale in Poland, bearing the name of the spa village of [[Polańczyk]]. The middle figure reads: "Polańczyk $ Jew In the hall, coin in your pocket".]] '''Jew with a coin''' ({{lang-pl\|Żyd z pieniążkiem}}), "Little Jews" ({{lang-pl\|Żydki}}), or '''Lucky Jew''', are images and figurines of Jews holding coins. In [[Poland]], they are popular items that are common and widespread.<ref name="haaretz20141120"/><ref name="JTA20180818"/><ref name="Tokarska-Bakir"/><ref name="TOI20141229"/> '''Jew with a coin''' ({{lang-pl\|Żyd z pieniążkiem}}), "Little Jews" ({{lang-pl\|Żydki}}),<ref name="haaretz20141120">[https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-why-are-the-poles-amassing-jewish-figurines-1.5331736 Why Are the Poles Amassing Jewish Figurines?], Haaretz, Benny Mer, 20 November 2014</ref> or '''Lucky Jew''' ({{lang-pl\|Żyd na szczęście"}}),<ref name="Tartakowsky"/>, are stereotypical and antisemitic images and figurines of Jews holding coins.<ref name="Vice20131010">[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qbnewm/hey-poland-whats-up-with-those-lucky-jew-statues Hey Poland, What's Up with Those Lucky Jew Statues?], Vice, Ilana Belfer, 10 October 2013</ref><ref name="Cala">[http://ispan.waw.pl/journals/index.php/slh/article/download/slh.2015.010/1596 Cała, Alina. "„Pamiątka, Zabawka, Talizman/Souvenir, Talisman, Toy”(wystawa w Muzeum Etnograficznym w Krakowie, 2013 rok, kuratorka: Erica Lehrer)." Studia Litteraria et Historica 3-4 (2015): 265-271.]</ref><ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-lucky-jew-imagery-is-so-popular-in-poland/ Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland], Times of Israel (JTA reprint), 18 August 2018</ref> The figurines draw upon traditional [[Antisemitic canard#Usury and profiteering\|antisemitic caricature of Jewish moneylender]],<ref name="Cala"/><ref>[https://www.academia.edu/39121018/Lucky_Jews Luck Jews?] Pictures + Essay by Erica Lehrer in [[Jewish Museum London]]'s 2019 ''Jews, Money, Myth'' exhibition catalog</ref> and have acquired great popularity in Poland<!--one might peruse these sources and explain when, why, and/or how this happened-->.<ref name="Vice20131010"/><ref name="JTA20180818">[https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-lucky-jew-imagery-is-so-popular-in-poland/ Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland], Times of Israel (JTA reprint), 18 August 2018</ref><ref name="haaretz20141120"/> While the figurines draw upon traditional [[Antisemitic canard#Usury and profiteering\|antisemitic caricature of Jewish moneylender]],<ref name="Cala"/><ref>[https://www.academia.edu/39121018/Lucky_Jews Luck Jews?] Pictures + Essay by Erica Lehrer in [[Jewish Museum London]]'s 2019 ''Jews, Money, Myth'' exhibition catalog</ref> opinions on the nature of the modern figurines vary, ranging from harmless folklore or nostalgia to offensive or antisemitic.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/qbnewm/hey-poland-whats-up-with-those-lucky-jew-statues Hey Poland, What's Up with Those Lucky Jew Statues?], Vice, Ilana Belfer, 10 October 2013</ref><ref name="JTA20180818">[https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-lucky-jew-imagery-is-so-popular-in-poland/ Why ‘Lucky Jew’ imagery is so popular in Poland], Times of Israel (JTA reprint), 18 August 2018</ref><ref name="haaretz20141120"/><ref name="LehrerUSHMM"/> ==History==