Almost all requests i get for commssioned civil war coin carvings are of Confederate subjects, i,m not sure why..
A good friend on mine and a fellow coin carver, recarved a wheat cent about 2 years ago for president Bush..It had to have the ok of the...
Some of you may be wondering if i,m really slowing down on my coin carving like i stated, yes i,m , I,m trying to get some work out that,s been on...
Most of the time i call them recarved coins, I gave my penny carvings the name "penny-bo'' 7 or 8 years ago...Some collectors call new carvings...
A lot of my work is based on real subjects, such as a mother, father, etc..As i,ve stated before i,m slowing way down on carving coins, but i had...
Feel free to use any of my past subjects in your carvings, i get a lot of my ideals from watching people i see in malls and on vacation, you,ll...
After you learn the basics, it practice, practice, practice..I,ve been carving coins 11 years and have slowed way down the last few months to...
I,ve slowed way down the last few months, i used to carve coins everyday, now it,s one day every week or two..I,m not getting out of the...
This is the #2 of the Adams dollar set i was commssioned to carve by a collector..I posted a picture of the #1 a few weeks ago..
My main tools are hand push gravers, the same as knife and gun engravers use, i also use a microscope.
My latest recarved dollar, i,ll probably recarve every new subject dollar as they are minted and as my time permits.
I,m want to start engraving Knifes, jewelery and gun parts..
I use gun, jewelry and knife engraving tools and use a microscope..
This is my latest recarved 2007 washington dollar, after this year my coin carving will be very limited because of other interests..
I,ve wanted to create a design for the mint, but i,m just a old ky hillbilly with not a lot of education, the mint wants people with degrees
It took about 4 hours to carve the coin in my avatar.
This one took about 3 hours to carve, but sometimes it takes as many as 30 hours to carve a very detailed coin.
We all have goals and the subject on this nickel wants to be featured on a hobo postcard, Do you remember the old hobo postcards of yesterday...
this is a recarved buffalo nickel i just finished , i gave him the name " Sweeney ' a fine irish name for the young lad.
Ed when you mentioned PT Barnam, i remembered a silver half i carved about 3 years ago..I wished i had left the date on it..
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