Coin board (collecting)

This typically consists of dates and mintmarks printed beneath each opening, sometimes with the addition of the number of pieces coined for that issue.

A bold title for the coin series will appear at the top of the board, and the bottom of the face will have publication and copyright information.

[1] The coin collecting board was invented in 1934 by Joseph Kent Post, an engineer with Kimberly-Clark in Neenah, Wisconsin.

Debuting early in 1935, his first coin boards—one for Indian Head nickels and another for Lincoln cents—were priced at 25 cents retail, and these quickly proved successful.

Later in 1935, Post sold his invention to Whitman Publishing of Racine, Wisconsin, which was already a leading producer of puzzles, games and other paper novelties.