Wooden Nickel - Howard Johnson's

- Wooden nickel trade token from Howard Johnson's Motels - circa 1970's
- Obverse: Rendition of a Howard Johnson Motel
- Reverse: "Good for One Drink in our lounge"
-- Howard Johnson's is a chain of hotels, motels and restaurants which were located primarily throughout the United States and Canada.
Founded by Howard Johnson, it was the largest restaurant chain in the US throughout the 1960's and 1970's, with more than 1,000 company owned and franchised outlets. - Howard Johnson's restaurants were franchised separately from the hotel brand beginning in 1986. - As of March 2015, only two HoJo restaurants remain: one in Lake George, New York and one in Bangor, Maine.