Does Anybody Actually Collect Wooden Nickels???

Musky1011 · February 3, 2007 4:50AM

Post here if you do

Please post some examples

Thanx
Jim

Millertime · February 3, 2007 5:00AM

I have a few different wooden nickels, mostly advertisements or free drinks.

(1) advertisement for Rocky Knob Lodge in Conner MT
(1) Plain old wooden nickel with buffalo on one side and indian on the other
(10) good for a free cup of coffee at the Magic Wand Truck Stop in Vegas

I also have a wooden token with a seat belt public announcement and a wooden drink token at a bar in Victor MT that's larger than a Morgan dollar.

Millertime

Pistareen · February 3, 2007 5:38AM

There used to be a pretty active group for wooden money collectors.

Now, the only time I hear about wooden nickels is when my actively non-numismatic father warns me at the end of every phone call "don't do anything stupid and don't take any wooden nickels." I can usually rule out the second, but not the first!

edix2001 · February 3, 2007 5:51AM

Here's some Houston area nickels:

RichieURich · February 3, 2007 6:15AM

I "wooden" know!

silverpop · February 3, 2007 6:17AM

I have only one wooden nickel that a friend gave me

Swampboy · February 3, 2007 6:27AM

notwilight · February 3, 2007 6:34AM

They have a box of assorted wooden nickels for a quarter each in my local coin shop. Every time I go in there with the kids they each get one. We're getting quite a collection. Not sure what we'll do when they all move to my house--maybe take them back and start all over.

--Jerry

cladking · February 3, 2007 6:37AM

I don't really collect wooden nickels but I collect lots of other things
and don't mind if they are wooden nickels. I especially like the town
and city commemoratives even when they are wood.

MrSpud · February 3, 2007 7:18AM

I have a few of these of different denominations from my hometown

StampAlarm · February 3, 2007 7:36AM

wooden nickel organization

Austin_Coins · February 21, 2026 9:38PM

I know this is an old post but I just joined so seeing it for the first time.

Yes, I collect wood money. Have been for years. Matter of fact, I just bought a roughly 3000 piece collection of which maybe 600 I didn't have.

Twobitcollector · February 22, 2026 2:29AM

TennesseeDave · February 22, 2026 6:21AM

I have a wooden Dickel. It's half dime half nickel worth 7-1/2 cents somewhere. It's from a local bank dated 1956.

jmlanzaf · February 22, 2026 6:24AM

I probably have the most, by far. I bought the combined inventory of 2 wooden nickel dealers. I may stay burning them for heat.

MasonG · February 22, 2026 11:31AM

@jmlanzaf said:
I probably have the most, by far. I bought the combined inventory of 2 wooden nickel dealers. I may stay burning them for heat.

Do you want to buy some more? I've got a hundred or so (WAG, I've never actually counted them) maybe, flats and rounds. Tried selling them on eBay but collectors won't pay $5 to ship them.

jmlanzaf · February 22, 2026 11:33AM

@MasonG said:

@jmlanzaf said:
I probably have the most, by far. I bought the combined inventory of 2 wooden nickel dealers. I may stay burning them for heat.

Do you want to buy some more? I've got a hundred or so (WAG, I've never actually counted them) maybe, flats and rounds. Tried selling them on eBay but collectors won't pay $5 to ship them.

I've sold some in lots on eBay. I should list more. The flats can go eBay standard. It's the rounds that need to be lotted.

Maybe you'd like mine. There's at least 20 double row boxes, 3 cases of flats and 3 or 4 large boxes of loose

MasonG · February 22, 2026 11:53AM

@jmlanzaf said:
Maybe you'd like mine. There's at least 20 double row boxes, 3 cases of flats and 3 or 4 large boxes of loose

No, thanks. These are enough for me.

cladking · February 22, 2026 4:08PM

@Austin_Coins said:
I know this is an old post but I just joined so seeing it for the first time.

Yes, I collect wood money. Have been for years. Matter of fact, I just bought a roughly 3000 piece collection of which maybe 600 I didn't have.

Wow! If I bought a 6000 pc collection I'd need about 5900 of them.

jmlanzaf · February 22, 2026 5:25PM

@MasonG said:

@jmlanzaf said:
Maybe you'd like mine. There's at least 20 double row boxes, 3 cases of flats and 3 or 4 large boxes of loose

No, thanks. These are enough for me.

Amateur... 🤣

jonathanb · February 22, 2026 6:19PM

There are over 1500 completed sales in the eBay listings. That's about 1500 more than I expected to find.

These are VERY inexpensive. Out of those 1500 sales, I see only 8 total sales where an individual piece sold for more than $25. Bulk lots seem to be the rule, with prices 10c-50c each in bulk.

jmlanzaf · February 22, 2026 10:15PM

@jonathanb said:
There are over 1500 completed sales in the eBay listings. That's about 1500 more than I expected to find.

These are VERY inexpensive. Out of those 1500 sales, I see only 8 total sales where an individual piece sold for more than $25. Bulk lots seem to be the rule, with prices 10c-50c each in bulk.

Yep. I once sold a scarce set of 3 for $75. That's my personal record. My rate for flats is a pretty routine $4.99. Rounds just have to be listed in bulk as very few of them command enough of a price to be worth selling singly.

MrEureka · February 22, 2026 11:21PM

@TennesseeDave said:
I have a wooden Dickel. It's half dime half nickel worth 7-1/2 cents somewhere. It's from a local bank dated 1956.

Forgive me for thinking for a moment that your comment was going in a different direction. Gotta admit you got me to laugh though.

ernie11 · February 23, 2026 5:20AM

I don't collect them, but I have these old ones from the Wilmington, Delaware Coin Club.

Iceberg77 · March 8, 2026 9:48PM

I don't specifically go for wooden nickels, but if I come across one that fits into my collecting category, I'll pick it up. Here is one I picked up recently and didn't see the error until I was putting it into a coin flip. This is a wooden nickel for Little Bighorn Battlefield and the date on wooden nickel is August 25, 1876. Well, everybody knows the battle was held June 25th & 26th, 1876

DesertCoin · March 8, 2026 11:09PM

Unfortunately yes. Some people collect them.

johnny9434 · March 9, 2026 2:16AM

I know people who collect bullet casings, match books, marbles and now slot cars, I guess its all good 👍

Pnies20 · March 9, 2026 1:39PM

No. My dad constantly told me not to, so I’m scared of them.

lermish · March 9, 2026 1:44PM

@johnny9434 said:
I know people who collect bullet casings, match books, marbles and now slot cars, I guess its all good 👍

I have an acquaintance who collects fire hydrants.

jmlanzaf · March 9, 2026 2:27PM

@lermish said:

@johnny9434 said:
I know people who collect bullet casings, match books, marbles and now slot cars, I guess its all good 👍

I have an acquaintance who collects fire hydrants.

That is a young man's hobby

MasonG · March 9, 2026 2:32PM

@jmlanzaf said:

@lermish said:

@johnny9434 said:
I know people who collect bullet casings, match books, marbles and now slot cars, I guess its all good 👍

I have an acquaintance who collects fire hydrants.

That is a young man's hobby

A young man with acreage.

MrEureka · March 9, 2026 4:28PM

@cladking said:

@Austin_Coins said:
I know this is an old post but I just joined so seeing it for the first time.

Yes, I collect wood money. Have been for years. Matter of fact, I just bought a roughly 3000 piece collection of which maybe 600 I didn't have.

Wow! If I bought a 6000 pc collection I'd need about 5900 of them.

That’s 5900 more than I would need!

cladking · March 9, 2026 5:57PM

@MrEureka said:

@cladking said:

@Austin_Coins said:
I know this is an old post but I just joined so seeing it for the first time.

Yes, I collect wood money. Have been for years. Matter of fact, I just bought a roughly 3000 piece collection of which maybe 600 I didn't have.

Wow! If I bought a 6000 pc collection I'd need about 5900 of them.

That’s 5900 more than I would need!

You're either bragging or I phrased that poorly.

I mustta phrased it poorly. I didn't mean I'd necessarily add "5900" to my collection. I meant only 100 of them would be duplicates.

Twobitcollector · March 10, 2026 9:08AM

@ernie11 said:
I don't collect them, but I have these old ones from the Wilmington, Delaware Coin Club.

I got this one at the latest show

lkenefic · March 10, 2026 3:32PM

@Austin_Coins said:
I know this is an old post but I just joined so seeing it for the first time.

Yes, I collect wood money. Have been for years. Matter of fact, I just bought a roughly 3000 piece collection of which maybe 600 I didn't have.

Welcome to the Forum! I think you touched a nerve... lol... I don't have any in my collection but there are apparently a bunch of us that do. Best, Leo

JBK · March 28, 2026 5:58PM

OLD THREAD ALERT!!! (Well, two weeks old. ).

I came across this today.

I had 1000 of these made in 1980 at a cost of less than $40 (!!!). I was promoting the return of the wheat ears design to the reverse of the Lincoln cent in 1984, which was when the 25 year mark would have passed, thereby giving the Secretary of the Treasury the ability to implement a design change.

I sold a few via an item in Coin World, and I sent some to politicians in Washington.

As I recall, my effort was not successful. 🤔

Does Anybody Actually Collect Wooden Nickels???

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