FORGOTTEN COIN BOARDS

FORGOTTEN COIN BOARDS In 1964-65 a line of coin boards was produced for the collecting of U. S. coin mint errors. These were published by C-B Products, a business owned by Cecil Simpson of Scottsdale, Arizona. Each board measures 8 1/2 x 11 with rounded corners, and all seem to have been three-hole punched by the publisher to fit a binder. The boards were produced for each coin series then current and are color coded by denominations—cents printed in light brown, nickels in blue, dimes in red, quarters in green and halves in gray.

Each denomination has separate boards for obverses and reverses, and I seem to have a complete set, aside from the Lincoln Cent obverse board. All were assigned Publisher Numbers (see photo captions) that appear at the lower right of their faces, and all but the cent boards are mated to printed backs that include instructions for their use. Text blocks were provided for users to enter descriptions, while the errors could be drawn onto the coin images.

Simpson was also a passionate collector of wooden nickels, and he produced similar holders to store these items. Offered in four colors—red, black, green and blue (I'm lacking only the green printing), a free sample was sent to all charter members of the International Organization of Wooden Money Collectors. The back of each board provides written and graphic instructions on the collecting of woods and the use of the boards.

   

To visit Dave's website, see:
https://www.coincollectingboards.com/

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