Yes, it was carved from a original 1948 quarter for a coin collector
I don,t carve as many coins as i used to, but here is one i did yesterday for a collector.
I use the same tools as gun and knife engravers use, hand gravers, microscope, engraving vise, etc...King George III took about 10 hours to carve...
I thought the members would like to see a coin i just finished for a collector, it,s carved on a 1937 buffalo nickel, the reverve was left...
i don,t think i showed this one to the forum..i call my penny carvings a penny-bo..i carve about 25 penny-bo carvings a year..
,,You started out young, i was looking to see what you had for sell on ebay and it shows you registered to start selling on dec. 02 which would...
As i was reading this thread, i remembered reading another way people would carry their coins , it was in a tobacco bag..nickels carried in a...
You are right, the only forum i,m active in is the coin forum.
i,ve been a forum member for almost 2 years and want to give credit where credit is due, it may happen and i don,t read it, but i don,t see the...
It took about 6 hours to carve Ollie.
i carved this buffalo nickel for a hobo nickel collector, i thought Ollie would be a good name for him..
I think the new law would only apply to melting coins down..
yes it,s a buffalo nickel and i,m carving a subject on the obverse.
here is one of my newer nickel carvings..
this reverse side of a buffalo nickel would get a lot of double looks..
Just checking to see if anything about hobo nickels had popped up and saw this thread ,the ear and hair appears to be carved like a older...
i,ve been following this thread and now that it,s drawning to a end, i would like to make a comment..i,ve been carving coins [ hobo nickels ] over...
when i looked at this coin, the first thing i noticed was the wear or roundness where the height of the letters dropped off, which only comes by...
it took about 15 hours to carve it...i,ve been carving coins for about 10 years, while i enjoy carving coins, i,m ventuing into knife and gun...
this is my latest recarved morgan dollar...
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