Anyone ever found a Hobo nickel?

olekyground · Jan 12, 2012

I ran across a site that was talking about hobo nickels. It made me wander if its possible to find one detecting. I'm sure its happened at one point or another. Just curious... Has anyone ever dug one? Or for that matter found one in pocket change? thanks!

jeff of pa · Jan 12, 2012

Circa 60's Hobo Type Penny.

Size of a Dime but half as Thick

Found along Rail Road in '99

Odd when you Turn it
May be Coincidence

stefen · Jan 12, 2012

I seem to recall that someone found a Hobo Nickel, however, cannot find the site which may have been purged to free up server space.

There are any number of coin denominations that have been recarved and referenced as hobo nickels...

Its possible that 'Love Tokens' and 'Hobo Nickels' are related historically as coin art.

Here are some hobo nickels from my collection demonstrating varied characters and subjects...

Hill Billy · Jan 12, 2012

stefen said:
I seem to recall that someone found a Hobo Nickel, however, cannot find the site which may have been purged to free up server space.

There are any number of coin denominations that have been recarved and referenced as hobo nickels...

Its possible that 'Love Tokens' and 'Hobo Nickels' are related historically as coin art.

Here are some hobo nickels from my collection demonstrating varied characters and subjects...

Impressive collection stefen!
Alot of talent went into some of those pieces.

stefen · Jan 12, 2012

Actually the first 4 are originals and demonstrate real carving talent...

The latter ones were etched using lasers...

The skeleton coin by a known carver may have an opening auction bid around $500 and go up from there...

Other old-tyme carvers have been known to sell around $10K +

kayden · Jan 12, 2012

Pretty cool pics!

Cable · Jan 14, 2012

Yep ---found one not detecting---going through nickel rolls--didn't know what it was for quite awhile--then found out about hobo nickels some time later.