San Antonio, Texas - Wooden Nickel Museum and Giant Wooden Nickel
- Address:
- 345 Austin Rd, San Antonio, TX
- Directions:
- Old Time Wooden Nickel Co. US 281 to the Hildebrand Ave. exit. Drive east to the T intersection, then turn right onto New Braunfels Ave. Drive south eight blocks to Funston Place, then turn left. Drive to Austin Rd, then turn right. The Museum is a block south.
- Admission:
- Free
- Phone:
- 210-829-1291
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San Antonio, Texas - World's Largest Wooden Nickel On Saturday June 22, 2002, the Wooden Nickel Museum unveiled the World's Largest Wooden Nickel. This Wooden Nickel is 13ft 4in diameter and 5.5 inches thick and weight 2,500 pounds.
The Museum is located at the site of the Old Time Wooden Nickel Co., the oldest continuously operating Wooden Nickel producer in America, which creates over 5 million Wooden Nickels every year, representing about 4,000 unique designs. [Herb Hornung, 06/25/2002]
[RA: This nickel surpasses the big wooden nickel at the Woodmen's Museum, Boiestown, NB, Canada, which rolled in at 12 ft. diameter. Wooden nickel collector Herb Hornung has been featuring some of his 1.5 million historical wooden nickels at the museum since he opened it in 1998.]Forget the Alamo. The attraction that's sure to put this Texas cowtown on the travel map is the Wooden Nickel Museum, soon to be opened in San Antonio by wooden nickel enthusiast Herb Hornung.... [10/25/1998] Complete News Story
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