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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1377709, member: 11521&quot;]Your Hobo Nickels appear to be modern creations. The OHNS (Original Hobo Nickel Society) uses five <a href="http://www.hobonickels.org/qd.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hobonickels.org/qd.htm" rel="nofollow">quality designations</a> for Hobo Nickels: Superior, Above Average, Average, Below Average, Crude. I would say your Hobo Nickels would fall in the &quot;Crude&quot; quality designation. </p><p><br /></p><p>OHNS defines &#039;Crude&#039; as: &quot;A poorly-made hobo nickel. Usually made by someone with very little or no artistic talent, who probably wanted to get into the action of creating hobo nickels upon seeing how well the better makers were doing. Crude quality hobo nickels often consist of just punches or scratches that outline a hat and form a beard. A single punch (forming a dot or dash) may be used repeatedly to create the design. Probably a nail or screwdriver, and a hammer, were the tools used. Other pieces may have rough scratches or chisel marks, or poor attempts at carving. The features are roughly formed, and usually there was no attempt to remove the feathers and hair braid, or dress the field. Alterations such as adding an ear or changing the profile generally were not attempted, as they require artistic talent beyond the limited abilities of the makers of crude hobo nickels.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as value your Hobo Nickels are worth whatever someone would pay for them. Personally I wouldn&#039;t pay more than a very few dollars for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Compare your Hobo Nickels to a couple of mine below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]163193.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]163194.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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