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An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:14 am
by valerie
For TBT: This is not an old pic, but it's a very old item, so I say it counts! Carved by my father from a bar of Ivory soap. He put the date on the back, unfortunately the last numeral broke off at some point, but since he went in the Marines at age 16, my best guess is that this is slightly pre-War. (He used a nickel as his model!)
https://www.flickr.com/gp/65966450@N06/JK9S5Z
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:32 pm
by Chloe_88
That's so cool.. And even more cool that you still have it!
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:03 pm
by tude dog
valerie;1460162 wrote: For TBT: This is not an old pic, but it's a very old item, so I say it counts! Carved by my father from a bar of Ivory soap. He put the date on the back, unfortunately the last numeral broke off at some point, but since he went in the Marines at age 16, my best guess is that this is slightly pre-War. (He used a nickel as his model!)
https://www.flickr.com/gp/65966450@N06/JK9S5Z
Before I read what it was, I was thinking it was something like a piece of Mayan art.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:23 am
by High Threshold
valerie;1460162 wrote: For TBT: This is not an old pic, but it's a very old item, so I say it counts! Carved by my father from a bar of Ivory soap. He put the date on the back, unfortunately the last numeral broke off at some point, but since he went in the Marines at age 16, my best guess is that this is slightly pre-War. (He used a nickel as his model!)
https://www.flickr.com/gp/65966450@N06/JK9S5Z
Pre-"what" war?
Trivia: "The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel was a copper-nickel five-cent piece struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938."
Buffalo nickel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:40 am
by LarsMac
High Threshold;1460224 wrote: Pre-"what" war?
Trivia: "The Buffalo nickel or Indian Head nickel was a copper-nickel five-cent piece struck by the United States Mint from 1913 to 1938."
Buffalo nickel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They have been in circulation for a long time. In the fifties, they were still fairly common. I remember seeing them regularly even into the sixties.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:04 am
by valerie
Chloe, I have only had it for a little over a year, it was an exciting find while clearing out
my deceased sister's storage unit.
Tude, I can see how you thought that, it almost looks like stone, and the color sort of
fits, too!
HT, pre WW II is what I meant. Dad was born in 1926. The date he carved in the back says
"Made in 194(missing) and his name he carved as "Bobby" which I doubt he would have used
after becoming a Marine! Lars is right, there were a lot of those nickels around for a long time.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:04 am
by High Threshold
LarsMac;1460246 wrote: They have been in circulation for a long time. In the fifties, they were still fairly common. I remember seeing them regularly even into the sixties.
valerie;1460250 wrote: Lars is right, there were a lot of those nickels around for a long time.
They should all be in coin collections today.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:07 pm
by LarsMac
High Threshold;1460253 wrote: They should all be in coin collections today.
I have several very fine pieces in my collection.
They are still quite common, and you will find many that have been turned into jewelry pieces.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 3:40 pm
by along-for-the-ride
Chloe_88;1460194 wrote: That's so cool.. And even more cool that you still have it!
I agree.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:28 pm
by High Threshold
LarsMac;1460262 wrote: I have several very fine pieces in my collection.
They are still quite common, and you will find many that have been turned into jewelry pieces.
These that were made of copper-nickel were manufactured only until 1938 Lars, but the ones made of wood continued to be produced many, many years afterwards.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:58 pm
by FourPart
High Threshold;1460296 wrote: These that were made of copper-nickel were manufactured only until 1938 Lars, but the ones made of wood continued to be produced many, many years afterwards.
Coins made of wood?
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:18 pm
by High Threshold
FourPart;1460299 wrote: Coins made of wood?
Only nickels. Ask Lars. I'm sure he can tell you.
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:18 am
by FourPart
I vaguely remember the phrase now - "Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels". It was only when I Googled it & saw the Wikipedia article on it that I realised that they were real (albeit not official tender).
Wooden nickel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geocaching Wooden Nickels :
An old bit of 'sculpture'
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 8:45 am
by High Threshold
FourPart;1460306 wrote: I vaguely remember the phrase now - "Don't Take Any Wooden Nickels".
That's the one!