Numismatic definitions
Like most fields of expertise, numismatics has its own lingo. Find the numismatic definition of a term by entering it in the field below.
Wooden Coins
Thin pieces of wood used as tokens are known from the nineteenth and twelfth centuries in many parts of China and Africa, and as small Notgeld from Austria and Germany during the First World War. Wooden nickels is the somewhat contradictory name given to tokens of a commemorative nature, widely popular in he USA since 1930.
