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Keeping with the theme of commems' flat wooden money, here's a smaller one (30x70 mm) issued for the 1935 American Numismatic Association Convention in Pittsburgh (note that the "h" is missing from Pittsburgh). It's also interesting to note that the issuer felt it important to point out that his piece is "triple ply," since it's a little thicker than the larger, and more fragile, flat wooden nickels. Nelson S. Hopkins was a chemist and metallurgist from Williamsville, New York. In addition to the ANA, he was also a member of the Buffalo Numismatic Association.  The full inscription on this satirical piece reads: HOPKINS' / Wooden Buck / TRIPLE PLY / Non-purchaseable and unredeemable, / Repudiated, has no backing, will not buy / anything, but circulates freely at / AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CONVENTION at Pittsburg, Pa., August / 24-29, 1935. / WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. Edited by captainrich
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Here's a pair wooden "flats" commemorating "100 Years of Progress" for Rock Hill, South carolina. Very nice!  My wife got her undergraduate degree at Winthrop.  Quote:
Here's a "wood" from 1946 - it was part of Caldwell County's (NC) Homecoming Celebration to honor its World War II veterans. Excellent!  |
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Keeping with the theme of commems' flat wooden money, here's a smaller one (30x70 mm) issued for the 1935 American Numismatic Association Convention in Pittsburgh Nice example! |
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Here's a commemorative wooden nickel "flat" from 1953 - it is one of several issued as part of Durham, North Carolina's Centennial Celebration. This one is an example of the "Official Issue" issued by the Durham Centennial and Historical Commission, Inc.   The city-wide celebration featured parades, an historical pageant, a Centennial Ball and various musical performances in addition to other special events. The Centennial Pageant was titled "Durham's Centurama" and was held nightly (at 8:30pm) in Duke Stadium at Duke University in Durham between April 27 and May 2, 1953. The Pageant presented Durham's history and progress via 20 dramatic episodes. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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These wooden flats are from the neighboring town where I was born and raised, specifically Zelienople, Pennsylvania. The town was named after the founder's eldest daughter Zelie.   |
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Here is an unusual wooden "Communion Token," issued by the Covenant United Presbyterian Church of Butler, Pennsylvania, during the country's 1976 Bicentennial. It measures approximately 38x55mm and was apparently cut from an 8mm slice of a branch... Crude, but cool.   |
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Fantastic examples! Until that elliptical communion token, it seemed like the flats had taken over!  |
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Here's what I have:  (1) Boman Astrosonix - I think I've had this since the '70s, and my guess is that it dates from the '60s. BTW, I once saw a website that catalogued all manner of wooden nickels, and this particular item was listed with "photo not available." I wanted to let the website owner know I had one, but there was no contact information on the site. (2) Sambo's - I think this dates from the '70s. (3) Shorty's Trading Post - I have no info on this one. There seem to have been a number of places in the U.S. by that name. (4) Porter Orthodontics - This is a recent "on the ground" find. The place is in a part of Florida where the lack of an area code in the phone number would apparently date it to before 1999. |
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Here's what I have: Nice to see a return to the round. Excellent set! |
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I once saw a website that catalogued all manner of wooden nickels, and this particular item was listed with "photo not available. SquareCircle, are you referring to the tokencatalog website? If not, I'd be curious what site you found. |
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are you referring to the tokencatalog website? If not, I'd be curious what site you found. I don't think it was tokencatalog, and unfortunately I don't know the name of it. Whatever it was, I saw it a long time ago (probably 20 years, give or take) and I'm sure it's long since been taken offline. |
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@captainrich: Nice additions! Thanks for sharing!
I'm intrigued by the communion token - very uncommon!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Nice to see a return to the round. Oh, jbuck! Dontcha know? Flat is where it's at!" Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Oh, jbuck! Dontcha know? Flat is where it's at!" Okay everyone, show them if you got them!  |
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