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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2583855, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>&quot;The Helmsman&quot;: Modern (ca. 2016) hobo carving on 1900 Barber dime, by artist David HJ He</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-coin.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-obv1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-obv1.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger obverse picture </a><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/search?Search=%231&amp;Mode=like" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/search?Search=%231&amp;Mode=like" rel="nofollow">#1</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-obv2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-obv2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger obverse picture </a><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/search?Search=%232&amp;Mode=like" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/search?Search=%232&amp;Mode=like" rel="nofollow">#2</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/LT-hobo-1900-10c-TheHelmsman-06761-rev.jpg" rel="nofollow">Larger reverse picture</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Host coin: </b>1900 USA Barber dime.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse: </b>19th century sea captain gazing left, with windswept hair, at ship&#039;s helm, artist&#039;s signature &quot;David He&quot; below, original outer legends and date of host coin left intact. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> original Barber wreath design, unaltered, some old marks. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Purchased from the artist, username &quot;david-art&quot; (eBay), 7/18/2016. Artist is Member RM1463 of the Original Hobo Nickel Society. This piece his edition #16116.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I love this salty old sea dog character with his craggy countenance, fiercely determined expression, and impressive eyebrows, as he sails into the teeth of a gale. I&#039;m not sure why he has a sheriff&#039;s star on his coat, but that&#039;s just a neat little extra detail. He reminds me of Captain Ahab in <i>Moby Dick</i>. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">I was an underbidder on David He&#039;s <a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/DavidHe-FishermanHoboCoin.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/DavidHe-FishermanHoboCoin.png" rel="nofollow">&quot;Fisherman&quot;</a>, done on a 1908 Barber quarter, which sold for $202.55 on 7/17/2016. But that disappointment was soothed when I won this piece on a Barber <i>dime</i> for less than 1/3 the price. I think the carving on this one is <i>almost</i> as nice as the &quot;Fisherman&quot; piece. This is certainly a talented modern artist.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">This piece was formerly part of my <a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=953536&amp;enterthread=y" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.aspx?catid=26&amp;threadid=953536&amp;enterthread=y" rel="nofollow">Engraved/Counterstamped/Oddball Type Set</a>, and the first modern &quot;hobo&quot; carving I successfully bid on.&nbsp; The market for modern carvings, somewhat surprisingly to me, a lot hotter than for the old 19th century carvings.&nbsp; But the modern artists are often extremely proficient and creative, and have more sophisticated tools at hand.&nbsp; (Though many of them do work the old-fashioned way.)</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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