Hobo nickels: intricate carvings in coins - GIF and photos

**Jon** · Jun 14, 2019, 03:23 PM

J.P. Morgan on a 1902 Morgan silver dollar.

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**Clockguy** · Jun 16, 2019, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by PJs

Here, Hear!

Me too, two, to, tu, II, 2 ........ also.

[See, sea, how convoluted we, wee, whee have made our, hour, language through, threw, thru, the years?]

And now we have a plethora of acronyms, LOL, to deal with .......

**Jon** · Jun 22, 2019, 12:53 PM

Not in the same class as carved coins, but still cool.

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**ranald** · Jun 22, 2019, 06:18 PM

Were they supplied by the mint (as they look)?. Silver coins lost all inscriptions with heavy use: paint? Collectors only I guess if minted or after market.

**Jon** · Jun 23, 2019, 06:35 PM

A contender for the nicest hobo nickel we've seen yet.

**Jon** · Jul 6, 2019, 02:17 PM

Cthulthu hobo nickel in progress.

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**ranald** · Jul 7, 2019, 05:21 AM

that creature is like a bee: it has a GPS

**Toolmaker51** · Jul 7, 2019, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by ranald

that creature is like a bee: it has a GPS

Lol, but it's GRS. . .they make engraving equipment. And a bit costly for the run-of-the-mill hobo.
I can just see the guy on a streetcorner now; "Please help, my gravers are dull, my sandbags leaking..", and anything else he can felt-pen on a scrap of cardboard.