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<p>[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 4282758, member: 2100"]It is late, so I may have missed it, but one thing I didn't see mentioned is that there are 3 basic categories: officials, semi-officials, and "everything else". Officials are commemorating some sort of event (centennial, bi-centennial, community festival, etc.) and are issued by a government entity, such as a chamber of commerce. Semi-officials are similar to officials, except they were issued by a non-government entity, such as a merchant or store. Any not falling into one of those two categories is "everything else".</p><p><br /></p><p>Luedtke's book lists values only for the officials, but does include semi-officials in the listings. In general, the officials will have the most value followed by the semi's. Many of the woods issued for various events were issued in multiple colors, so many collectors want one of each color issued to form a complete set.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a relative beginner in my collecting of wooden money, and have maybe 10,000 pieces in my collection. Some members of our club (Penn-Ohio Wooden Money Collectors) have over 1,000,000 pieces in their collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 4282758, member: 2100"]It is late, so I may have missed it, but one thing I didn't see mentioned is that there are 3 basic categories: officials, semi-officials, and "everything else". Officials are commemorating some sort of event (centennial, bi-centennial, community festival, etc.) and are issued by a government entity, such as a chamber of commerce. Semi-officials are similar to officials, except they were issued by a non-government entity, such as a merchant or store. Any not falling into one of those two categories is "everything else". Luedtke's book lists values only for the officials, but does include semi-officials in the listings. In general, the officials will have the most value followed by the semi's. Many of the woods issued for various events were issued in multiple colors, so many collectors want one of each color issued to form a complete set. I am a relative beginner in my collecting of wooden money, and have maybe 10,000 pieces in my collection. Some members of our club (Penn-Ohio Wooden Money Collectors) have over 1,000,000 pieces in their collection.[/QUOTE]
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