Can anyone identify these cards/wooden nickles??
 

Posted By: <b>Fred Y</b><p>I'm sure these cards are from the modern era, but maybe not! I have never seen these before, and they appear to be made out of a thin, balsa wood type material. <br /><br /><a href="http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000429726&start=0" target="_new" rel="nofollow"><a href="http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000429726&start=0</a" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000429726&start=0</a</a>><br /><br />Judging by the Koufax card in the box, they obviously were issued after 1966.

Can anyone identify these cards/wooden nickles??
 

Posted By: <b>Brad Green</b><p><br />I have the Lefty Grove wooden nickel. The guy I bought it from several years ago said it was from 1980 -- or at least in that time-frame. That's about all I can say about them...<br />

Can anyone identify these cards/wooden nickles??
 

Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>Those definitely count as odd balls. I've never seen them before and have never seen baseball cards<br />made out of balsa wood. I would think an odd ball collector might be interested.