1950's B. Ward Beam's World's Champion Daredevils Coin - Neat Piece - See PICS

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The inspiration for Evel Knievel’s stunts came in the form of Beam’s “Transcontinental Bus Jump,” a stunt so remarkable, it was featured in all of Beam’s Congress of Daredevils advertisements. Unlike Knievel, who would line up a row of buses and leap over them with a Harley-Davidson XR750, Beam’s drivers would jump a bus lengthwise, driving a 1930s-era Pontiac.
Throughout the 1950s, Beam brought his shows to more than a million spectators across the country, with 140 dates at fairs and carnivals in 1954 alone.
At the shows, Beam’s crew would hand out tokens to the audience, featuring the Transcontinental Bus Jump on the face, and the Lord’s Prayer on the obverse, which Beam’s drivers were probably reciting at full volume every time they executed a stunt.