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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1447927, member: 4381&quot;]<a href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/hobo-nickels-sell-for-170-000/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/hobo-nickels-sell-for-170-000/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/articles/hobo-nickels-sell-for-170-000/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[h=2]Hobo nickels sell for $170,000[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Frost Collection totals 218 pieces</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | May 22, 2012 10:00 a.m.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Article first published in Frost Collection totals 218 pieces, U.S. Collectibles section of <i>Coin World</i>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Enlarge this image&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://static.coinworld.com/static/articles/2012/05/22/1_twoside_merged.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; It is likely that this two-design&nbsp; hobo nickel, part of the recently sold Frost Collection, was carved&nbsp; from a 1919 Indian Head 5-cent coin. The Indian Head has been converted&nbsp; to a bearded man wearing a hat, with KARASHAW inscribed to the right,&nbsp; and H.C.A. where the date would normally appear. The reverse has the&nbsp; bison fashioned into a horse or donkey, with the inscribed date of 1919,&nbsp; the denomination 10 KOPECKS and the word BOLSHEVIKI.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; All images by Todd Pollock, courtesy of&nbsp; <a href="http://www.bluccphotos.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bluccphotos.com" rel="nofollow">www.bluccphotos.com</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A collection of 218 hobo nickels was purchased May 11 in Denver for&nbsp; $170,000 by Tiburon, Calif., collector Candace DeMarco Kagin.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Nearly a third of the total were carved by premier hobo artists Bertram&nbsp; “Bert” Weigand and his protege, George Washington “Bo” Hughes, who&nbsp; practiced the art form from about 1913 to the mid-20th century.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The private treaty transaction was brokered during the American&nbsp; Numismatic Association National Money Show by H. Robert Campbell,&nbsp; president of All About Coins in Salt Lake City.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Campbell represented the seller of the collection, Larry Frost, of Park City, Utah.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Frost had purchased nearly 60 original hobo nickels from Campbell some&nbsp; 15 years ago that formed the basis of Frost’s collection. Frost&nbsp; continued to add to his collection pieces that Campbell located for him.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Hobo nickels are usually Indian Head 5-cent coins, commonly called&nbsp; “Buffalo nickels,” that are pieces of American folk art, having had&nbsp; their devices reshaped. The artists modifying the coins use a variety of&nbsp; techniques to reshape the metal, including carving or punched with&nbsp; various tools.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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