Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 01:55
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Are wood coins real?
Like just made of wood or contain wood in/on them??
theemptytrunk
Joined: 8 May 2012
Posts: 56
Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 04:40
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Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 04:40
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ZacUK
Numista team
Joined: 3 Jan 2011
Posts: 16710
Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 20:25
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Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 20:25
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I am looking through eBay coins that have a few minutes to expiry. Here is a
cardboard coin !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B-E-F-cardboard-half-franc-token-better-grade-/350588505339?pt=UK_Coins_Tokens_RL&hash=item51a0b40cfb
There was a Topic in May last year where
paper coin photocopies were used by the armed forces.
Will see if I can find it. Yes, here it is ...
https://en.numista.com/forum/topic3224.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
KennyG
Joined: 25 Apr 2010
Posts: 5287
Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 20:27
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Posted: 26 Aug 2012, 20:27
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Spain issued
cardboard coins during their Civil War.
Whether they're tokens or coins, they issued some in 1937.
Kenny
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