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This and this are amazing!

 

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There is some wonderful hobo nickel art out there.

 

I love good hobo nickels but I know nothing about the market. They seem a bit on the pricey side.

 

I love Hobo nickels and always wanted one when I was a boy collecting US coins. Now I consider most of them sleazy because they feel the need to engrave their artwork on a buffalo nickel as if they were originals made by hobos or at least the leading artists in the field that started when buffalo nickels circulated. I would have great respect for some of the new work if they had used nickels with a 2016 date for coins carved in 2016 rather than making it appear they were something they are not.

 

I kind of agree, although that first one is, well, bewitching!

 

Those are both very cool

 

not sure how I feel about this one. Cringed a little at first, but kinda like it too.

 

GIGO