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Infidel | 08-22-2006 09:45 PM
Hobo nickels http://cellar.org/2006/hobonickels.jpg Folk artists have used just about every material on earth. That includes earth and dirt, as last week linkers were interested to see perfectly round, highly polished balls of dirt as folk art from Japan. When the US first minted the buffalo nickel in 1913, the practice of carving a new face onto the nickel was started, because the coin was thick and its metal was malleable. Nickels were carved by several practically unknown artists - including actual hobos - and those early works are now collectable. But modern nickel-scratchers keep up the practice and create new works, and most in the set above are modern. Wikipedia Entry http://www.hobonickels.org/

<SLV> | 08-22-2006 10:19 PM
Re: Hobo nickels That is way cool. I wonder if you can find them on E-bay?

The Great Ag | 08-22-2006 11:16 PM
Re: Hobo nickels Quote:
Originally Posted by <SLV> (Post 338542) That is way cool. I wonder if you can find them on E-bay?
Yes, you can, but they are not the quality of what is pictured above. I would not buy any from eBay. Heck, I could do what eBay offers, and I suck. Thanks, Zhuker, great pictures. The Great Ag

Infidel | 08-23-2006 01:10 AM
Re: Hobo nickels http://www.grasshoppernet.com/walrafen/nice06.html?

<SLV> | 08-23-2006 09:11 AM
Re: Hobo nickels Thanks, Zhuker! That is an awesome art.

Ardent Listener | 08-24-2006 09:57 PM
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