5 Cents - Sky-lite (Boise, Idaho) ND

Reverse

Value in trade.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD FOR
5¢
IN TRADE

Edge

Plain

Comment

Boise, Idaho was incorporated as a city in 1863. According to the tradition, a French-speaking guide, overwhelmed by the sight of the river after traveling through the desert, yelled "Les bois! Les bois!" ("The wood! The wood!")—and the name stuck.