I love the sound of a $1.00 for anything. This caught my eye at my local Habitat store. I don't know anything about it yet. Just got it today. It is copyrighted 1925.
I googled your item I saw one with a number 10 on it.. Guess what they called it.. 2 Wooden Nickels. Weird.
Anyone old enough to remember balsa wood planes as a kid? This is made of balsa wood. Considering the fragility of balsa, I was surprised to find this in such nice condition.
But note the event occurred in 1954... so a 1920s copyright is weird, especially as a lot of the text being copyrighted was written in 1954...
Neat item Tommy, I remember those planes and the very sad thing is they are high quality compared to the cheap plastic foam type planes they sell nowadays. I remember being able to throw them and fly them for at the very least an hour before they broke as a kid when made of wood. I bought a modern box of them awhile back to introduce my kids to them and they often don't even hold up while being assembled.
There are still balsa wood airplanes around. I got one at a casino a few years ago. My favourite examples were the ones with spars etc that you glued very thin paper to to make the wings.
I thought so also. I've come across many a wooden round before with no copyrights. I can only guess that the John R. Rogers Producing Company had a patent on this particular style of wooden nickel. I have not fleshed that out yet.
Copyright != patent Both are types of intellectual property, but they are very different. For a work created in 1925, the 1909 act allowed 28 years with a 28 year (optional) renewal. So 1954 is very interesting, as the copyright would have expired.
Copyright != patent Both are types of intellectual property, but they are very different. For a work created in 1925, the 1909 act allowed 28 years with a 28 year (optional) renewal. So 1954 is very interesting, as the copyright would have expired.
Copyright != patent Both are types of intellectual property, but they are very different. For a work created in 1925, the 1909 act allowed 28 years with a 28 year (optional) renewal. So 1954 is very interesting, as the copyright would have expired unless renewed...
Very interesting and thank you. I would now have to guess that someone printing these must have forgotten to change the type when these went to press. The mystery continues...
