wooden nickel

Meaning

A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimic or which can be exchanged for goods. Many wooden nickels have now become collector's items.
The smallest amount of money imaginable.
A worthless replica of a coin, usually intended to defraud.
A cheat; Something that purports to be something other than it actually is, especially that purports to be more valuable than it actually is.

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