Carved 1,467 Hobo Nickels out of Buffalo Nickels!

I carved 1,467 more no hobo nickels!

 

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Great coin art, I like them a lot

 

That's a lot of hobo nickels.
Do you do them by hand?

 

Lovely,I would kill for one.

 

Do you have any That your giving out or selling . I like them !

 

That didn't take long

 

Ha.

 

Hey @potty dollar 1878 . Maybe if your nice, he might give you one for Christmas ??

 

What no handle bar mustaches in the bunch?

 

I wasn't being serious of course.

 

now that is talent!

 

Thanks!! I really like them a lot!! I mostly do classic hobo nickels. I did so a Marilyn Monroe hobo nickel once when I started. It took me 12 hours. I was really new at carving hobo nickels. I did Mickey Mouse once- that was fun.
In 2022 I want to carve up more classic designs. I also will be doing some modern hobo nickels and love tokens. With those coins you actually take the surface off the coin so its smooth. You can leave the date and the lettering. A classic buffalo nickel is more like carving then engraving.
I will also be doing bulino engraving which is small dots that form an image like pixels in a photograph.
I also want to do some limited one of a kind challenge coins that I will be donating to military units and government agencies to give out.
The US Mint gift shop in Philadelphia and Denver carry my hobo nickels. In 2022 I want the US Mint gift shop to carry detailed hobo nickels that I carve.
In January I am buying a special microscope that I can film video with so I can post videos of me engraving hobo nickels.

 

I hope you were not being serious! I never am! If I have a choice between a joke or being serious the joke always wins!

 

Wow, a busy and hopefully lucrative time ahead. Keep posting some of your designs as I for one will be happy to see them.

 

Cant agree more.

 

@Brent hobonickel you didn't answer my question of whether you carve them by hand or not. I'm curious
I'm assuming that at 12 hours a piece they are hand carved.

 

Wow that is actually great I think I'm gonna go to Philadelphia mint and look for those cool Hobo's for sale and would also purchase some for gifts.
Cool beans
Awesome job

 

Great talent, but why not use slugs rather than, "In God We Trust." Just my opinion.

 

There are some really great ones in there.

 

My, my, my, Brent. You've been a buzy (sic) bee, haven't you. That's a lot of hours carving all of those nickels. Thanks for the post.