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During last week's U.S. 40 National Road annual yard sale, I found an interesting group of large wooden nickels (50mm) with inspirational quotes at an antique mall in Cambridge City, Indiana. Nice trio!  |
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While the modern Spangenberg Gun Shop in Tombstone really doesn't have any connection with the original, I still like this wooden nickel. On October 26, 1881, Ike Clanton went into Spangenberg's wanting to obtain a gun. The owner, George Spangenberg, aware of Ike's threats against and brushes with the Earps that morning, wisely declined to "heel" him. Thus Ike was unarmed when the shooting started later on, and so survived.    Colligo ergo sum
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Nice, Spence! Being unfamiliar with Whoopie Pies, I looked them up. They seem to be similar to Moon Pies.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Here's one that I found in my yard last month. Uncle Sam Play Penny 1950.  Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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similar to Moon Pies Yep same thing as far as I can tell--just regional variation in nomenclature. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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mmm Moon pies - Yummy!!
Nice play money Hondo!
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From Tombstone AZ, I'm going to take this thread all the way North and East to Dover-Foxcroft ME for the Whoopie Pie Festival. Each wooden nickel could be traded in for a sample of this official state treat for the State of Maine. Quote:
Here's one that I found in my yard last month. Uncle Sam Play Penny 1950. Nice examples! |
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Being unfamiliar with Whoopie Pies, I looked them up. They seem to be similar to Moon Pies. Quote:
Yep same thing as far as I can tell--just regional variation in nomenclature. No, no, no! They are not even close! Whoopie Pies vs. Moon Pies |
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Very nice! |
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I honestly don't recall how this came into my possession. But I did live in the Colorado Springs/Cripple Creek area a number of times from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s. I'm sure it has been in my possession for over 40 years. Could be as long as 50 years.  It's about 38mm in diameter, the size of a large US Dollar coin. Seven years and nobody has corrected the title's typo? LOL Edited by Vector Ze
04/19/2026 02:06 am
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Very nice! |
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nice to see this topic come back to life after 2 years. |
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