reverse carving with the subject being the opening of the wild west show in 1883 by buffalo bill...obverse is original and is a 1883 morgan...
this 1879 morgan was recarved with the subject being the 1879 washlady pattern dollar...i carve about 5 morgans a year based on pattern...
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just finished this one...i,ve been down the last four months for a shoulder operation..
i want to thank everyone who replyed to my hobo nickel giveaway...i,ll do it again next year....i check the forum 3 or 4 times a day to see what...
the winner of the contest [ giveaway ] is ...cherrypicker..cherrypicker be sure and send me your mailing address before saturday as we are leaving...
i just posted a giveaway [ contest ] hobo nickel on the contest site...i don,t think the forum rules allow me to post it here...be sure to sign...
this will a be a giveaway by hobo nickel carver billzach ,just reply to this thread and your name will go in hat and i,ll let my wife draw a name...
my wife and i have been putting pennies in crocks, jars, etc. for over 15 years and now have about 150 lbs. of them [ wheat and newer ones ]..i...
i haven,t been a member as long as most of you have, but you guys have been superrr nice to me, i check this forum out 3 or 4 times a day and post...
this is a 1936 walking liberty half carving with the 1936 gettysburg half as the subject..
remembered to take some pictures of the steps in carving a hobo nickel...first i carved a crude outline of the eagle, next i started adding...
i did some commisioned hobo nickels and other carvings a couple of years ago for a vip at nasa and he made a gift to my 2 grandsons of two...
sorry about picture, night shots don,t do well for me...i quess i could call this one a southern sba dollar...1979 sba carved into a rebel soldier...
this is my latest school girl pattern dollar and the last one i,ll carve this year....it is deeply engraved with my billzach z and numbered on...
this is my latest carving based on a celtic warrior, hand carved with engraving tools...
this was a carving i did on a 1913 buffalo nickel for a collector, the subject being a railroad or yard cop smoking a cigar , this was a polite...
this was a carving i did on a 2005 nickel for a collector of a subject of the early 1900,s who i named Toby...
this is my version of a recarved sba dollar....
this is my latest carving on a state quarter [ california ] and the subject is gramps with his baseball cap turned backwards and wearing a old...
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