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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MisterWD, post: 2370467, member: 76991&quot;]My grandfather rode the rails for years during the depression. He is 103 yrs old now, still sharp with a wealth of knowledge about hobo life and culture. He has a marvelous collection of nickels that he carved along with many carved by his peers. I&#039;m just saying what he tells me and by what I see looking at them under magnification. He said it was a long slow process done mainly out of boredom. It wasn&#039;t until hobbyists started making them that all the short cuts came about. Those made by hobbyists are not really hobo nickels... by definition. Are you trying to tell me they photo etched nickels back in the depression? I don&#039;t believe it... somebody has a far fetched imagination.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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