Wooden Nickel Signature Item

[+skysensor]

I'm thinking of having some wooden nickels printed as a signature item. I contacted the vendor that seems to be the "big dog" in wooden nickels, and requested full color samples (not custom, just anything they had printed in full color), offered to pay for them, and received a response within a day stating that samples were no charge and that they would be sent right away. About ten days later, having received no samples, I sent a follow-up email to the vendor, asking to confirm that samples had been sent, again offering to pay for them. This email received no response. That was about 2 weeks ago.

 

I will not order without seeing samples, so I've come to the conclusion that this probably isn't the supplier to work with.

 

For those of you with signature wooden nickels (particularly full color ones), where did you buy them, and how do you rate the product and experience? I think I prefer those printed directly on the nickel, and not the printed to decal type. Opinions?

 

Thanks.

Edited May 29, 2007 by skysensor

[+monahmat]

I just received mine from geonickels.com and am very pleased. I did a lot of the design myself except for one graphic which they came up with for me. The owner's name is Mark and he was very helpful. Unfortunately I think that they are super busy and I know that he is on vacation for a couple of weeks at the moment, but it would be well worth the wait. The price was fair and can be found on the webpage along with many sample images. They are decals however, which you said you were not looking for. The quality is great though and each nickel comes in its own baggy. They will also incrementally number them for nothing if you ask. I'm very pleased and am sure I will be a repeat customer.

[+Capaldo]

I used these guys and was pleased. They seem to almost always have a sale on, so don't buy full price. The order went prety smoothly. Some of the text was not the color I wanted, but it wasn't a big deal.

[Birdbath]

I'm also thinking of ordering some sort of wooden nickel coin.

 

Has anyone had any experience with this company? The prices seem very good.

 

http://www.ituit.com/100-wooden-nickelsbrl...6d4482856cf424a

Edited May 29, 2007 by Birdbath

[+Too Tall John]

I got a Speedball Speedy-Stamp carving block & made my own. Carve out your design, stamp it onto blank wooden nickels from the craft store. A very distinctive look, no design or minting costs, a feeling of accomplishment, and a "Wow! How'd you do that?" every time I show one to someone.

[+Sileny Jizda]

We use Photoshop, a laser jet, and craft store nickels. After all that we just iron on.

[+ve6dave]

We use Photoshop, a laser jet, and craft store nickels. After all that we just iron on.

 

So were you using iron on T-shirt transfer materials?

[+Too Tall John]

Just finished a new batch, here's what I've done:

(My wife's caching name is MollyGSP & Me. The pic is me with my head cut off, my wife, and our dog, Molly.)

Kinda has a rustic feel to it, which I like. When I get the ambition, I may do some on blanks I'll cut from a tree branch...

[Birdbath]

 

I ordered mine from ITUIT and they turned out fine. Took about 14 days altogether and they provided a proof before they finalized the order.

Edited June 14, 2007 by Birdbath

[+Western Mass Clan]

We make our own. Ours are "jumbo" sized nickels at 2" in diameter and 1/4" in thickness.

 

Here's how it is done:

 

1) Order wooden 2" diameter wooden plugs online at a website like bearwoods.com (300 plugs = about $45)

2) Order a "seal" style stamp from a website like iprint.com (about $35 with custom lettering and uploaded graphic). Black works best.

3) Purchase round 1 3/4" Laser Avery labels - for best results use with a color laser.

4) Design the graphic for your labels and save in GIF or PGN format (minimal or no compression) then insert those in MS Word to the proper Avery boilerplate.

5) Print your lables.

6) Stamp the front with your seal stamp.

7) Apply label to the reverse.

8) You're done!

 

For our first 300, the per unit cost is about 26 cents per nickel. However, since you don't have to purchase a new stamp each time you order 300 plugs, the per nickel cost will decrease by about 3 cents with each additional batch of 300. I like doing it this way because I have complete creative control over the design that goes on the label. I've made "souvenir" nickels for my more challenging caches and one-of-a-kind FTF nickels as well. All told, with my first 300 nickels I've made 2 different "signature" nickels and nine different "specialty" nickels for caches or FTFs. Another advantage of using labels is that you can individually number each coin easily by superimposing a text box on the graphic.

 

Here's our 2007 edition:

 

Edited June 14, 2007 by Western_Mass_Clan

[+genegene]

geonickels.com sight is down or something like that. went to it and its cumming up Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage. that sucks

[+littelman13]

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Edited August 15, 2008 by Moose Mob

[+TexasGringo]

I used "Old Time Wooden Nickel Company"

 

http://www.wooden-nickel.com/

 

http://www.droolingmongoloid.com/WoodenNickel.JPG

[tiny_tracey]

I had the idea of making something like this so its given me some good ideas thanx. if i make some would i be allowed to sell them? if not then never mind, i'll hide them in caches.