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Wooden Nickel - Fishbowl Coin Club Siren, Wisconsin
1975 year| Wood | 2.31 g | 37.5 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
| Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
| Year | 1975 |
| Value | 5 Cents 0.05 USD = EUR 0.047 |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Wood |
| Weight | 2.31 g |
| Diameter | 37.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Updated | 2024-11-12 |
| Numista | N#315707 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 97% |
Reverse
Black lettering and a Bison (American Buffalo)facing left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
WOODEN NICKEL
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Comment
In 2016, the Fishbowl Wooden Nickel Coin Club celebrates 50 years of existence. The club consists of enthusiastic coin collectors in northwestern Wisconsin and Minnesota and boasts quite a history. In 1966, a group from northwest WI formed the Arrowhead Coin Club and began having meetings in Spooner. At the same time, the Amery Coin Club was meeting in Amery, WI. The two clubs held joint coin shows in Spooner and Amery and issued commemorative wooden nickels over a six show period. After 1970, there is no record of the Amery CC but the Arrowhead Club continued to meet, conduct shows, and issue wooden nickels through 1973.In 1974, the Arrowhead CC moved to Siren, WI and changed their name to the Fishbowl Wooden Nickel Coin Club. The club continues to meet and have annual shows and issue their now-famous wooden nickels, of which there are issues for each year, beginning in 1966 to the present.
