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Wooden Nickles, And Other Play Money

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Nice, Spence! Being unfamiliar with Whoopie Pies, I looked them up. They seem to be similar to Moon Pies.
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Here's one that I found in my yard last month. Uncle Sam Play Penny 1950.
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similar to Moon Pies


Yep same thing as far as I can tell--just regional variation in nomenclature.
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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.

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Here's one that I found in my yard last month. Uncle Sam Play Penny 1950.
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Being unfamiliar with Whoopie Pies, I looked them up. They seem to be similar to Moon Pies.

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Yep same thing as far as I can tell--just regional variation in nomenclature.
No, no, no! They are not even close!

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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.Wooden-Nickles,-And-Other-Play-Money
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
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