More than 50 years after purchasing his first wooden nickels, Norm Belsten is still adding new listings to the most comprehensive catalogue of Canadian wooden money ever assembled. Now 92 and living in Newmarket, Ont., Belsten continues to refine and expand his landmark Canadian Woods Catalogue, cementing his reputation as the hobby’s leading authority on “woods.” Continue reading →
Norm Belsten holds a large “One Wooden Nickel” presented to him and signed by grateful collectors of Canadian wooden money. (Photo courtesy of Dan Gosling)
