Hobo Nickels

[johnnycat]

Haven't heard of any finds of, "Hobo nickels" in a long, long time. Do you know of any having been found recently? You can Google it. Sorry don't know how to do a link.

 

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[Argentium]

johnnycat , A Hobo Nickel would be a very tough find indeed , with a detector or coin roll hunting . I suppose it's been done but
it has got to be very rare (in my estimation that would be a BANNER find )

 

[dirtlooter]

wow, didn't know what a hobo nickle was so I looked it up, kind of cool, at least some of them

 

[Argentium]

Hobo Nickels have become a very big deal and there are collectors of both the "first generation" Hobo nickels, and a very active
collectors market for "new generation" or modern Hobo nickels.

 

[Mr.T]

you Should check out this guys work- it's amazing the detail he is getting. saburov

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

The market for these is being flooded by next generation hobo nickels. Its getting very hard to find original hobo nickels.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Boatlode]

hobo nickel

 

[Moresound]

I did once find a Lincoln penny that had Lincoln smoking a pipe.

 

[Lafitte Deux]

Funny you should mention it.
Here's a post from the What Is It section.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/410181-buffalo-nickel-oddity.html