Wooden nickels--anyone here collect 'em?

rec78 · April 26, 2013 7:11PM

I am surprised what some of these wooden nickels are selling for! I only ever knew one person that collected them and he only collected the ones he got for free or in trade for other wooden nickels. I have a bunch of these somewhere. I always considered them nice to look at but not worth any money at all. There must be a bigger collector base for them then I ever imagined.
Bob

LochNESS · April 26, 2013 8:22PM

I think their heyday was a few decades past, but yes they are collected avidly. But it's definitely a subset, not strong enough to stand on its own like scripophily or casino tokens. Anyway my dad has a roll's worth, a decent little stack. Acquired the same way you describe. I've never owned one. Wooden Buffalo Nickels are what I've seen the most, so probably the least rare?

ricko · April 26, 2013 10:16PM

There are collectors of wooden nickels.... I have some that I have picked up at coin shows, usually given out at the door, or sometimes dealers perks. Not an intentional collection, more of an accumulation.

Cheers, RickO

Jinx86 · April 26, 2013 11:57PM

Im seeing a lot of those sold listings are here in North Dakota. Guess I might have to pull out my box of em and liquidate.

cladking · April 27, 2013 8:00AM

Most of those are going for far too much. It's not that they lack value; they lack a market.

The Sambo's and Waterloo, Iowa tokens are better pieces but even they could be found cheap with luck.

These things can be bought for a nickel or dime each and really good, historically important pieces will appear
in even the worst batches.

I used to collect them but now only collect those that fit one of my important collections.

LanceNewmanOCC · April 27, 2013 8:29AM

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where does one find some useful valuation information?

i think i bookmarked a site a while back but it has since been lost somewhere in the many other hundreds of bookmarks
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LochNESS · April 27, 2013 9:12AM

<< i think i bookmarked a site a while back but it has since been lost somewhere in the many other hundreds of bookmarks >>

It may not even be functioning. I visited some bookmarks recently, that I had saved only last year, and they were already broken down

cladking · April 27, 2013 9:27AM

<< .
where does one find some useful valuation information?

i think i bookmarked a site a while back but it has since been lost somewhere in the many other hundreds of bookmarks
. >>

As a rule they're all worth a nickel but you can pay less in quantity. The Tenino Washington 1931
issue has a lot of demand and can easily bring over $100. There are collectors who add these to
their related collections and this demand comes and goes with those collectors. "Municiple good for"
woods seem to have a steady demand but they don't necessarily command a big premium.

There used to be a wooden nickel collectors club and it might still exist. This is where much of the
demand is found.

cladking · April 27, 2013 9:38AM

Here's one I can recommend.

johnny9434 · April 28, 2013 7:05AM

ive got a few of them but dont know of many that do collect them. nothing wrong with it in any case

halfcentman · April 28, 2013 9:42AM

Do you have this one?

TwoSides2aCoin · May 19, 2014 2:19PM

The sort of stuff that walks into a shop.
I haven' seen a whole lot of wooden nickels with such nice toning and strike detail …. if we could use those terms for "wood".

cladking · May 19, 2014 2:58PM

<< 
The sort of stuff that walks into a shop.
I haven' seen a whole lot of wooden nickels with such nice toning and strike detail …. if we could use those terms for "wood". >>

This is a wonderful token.

BStrauss3 · June 2, 2014 5:29AM

I know it's a year old thread, but I have to share...

-----Burton

AUandAG · June 2, 2014 5:50AM

As more than a few of you already know, I just use them to fill up the blank space in a dollar tube for
shipping. Freebies to whomever is the buyer!

bob

cladking · June 2, 2014 9:07AM

I can't get this thing to link.

Just google powmc.org to get the collectors' organization.

LotsoLuck · June 2, 2014 9:24AM

The little woman use to collect them. There is a binder full of them somewhere around here. This one is pretty cool.

coinkat · June 2, 2014 9:39AM

I think some of the pre1940 stuff is interesting- I enjoy them

Zoins · June 2, 2014 2:18PM

<< 

<< 
The sort of stuff that walks into a shop.
I haven' seen a whole lot of wooden nickels with such nice toning and strike detail …. if we could use those terms for "wood". >>

This is a wonderful token. >>

That's one of the coolest wooden nickels I've seen. It's doubly cool given that it could be a so-called wooden dollar

The slabbed ANA nickel and Old Ironsides ones are cool too

ricko · June 3, 2014 12:09AM

Old thread indeed..... I still have the one's I gathered from coin shows...have since added a couple from gun shows....Cheers, RickO

Wooden nickels--anyone here collect 'em?

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