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Members: 68
Category: Coins and Currency
Founded: Feb 13, 2007
Language: English

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The Hobo Nickel Group is for people that have discovered the old folk art of altering coins. While the art began in the late 1700's in France, most people know the American version that are called Hobo Nickels.

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Re: New and wanted to introduce myself As far as I'm concerned, it's a matter of personal prefenence. Shanes work is fine, and it takes a lot of work to do that, but it doesn't float my boat. There Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:46 am	Tom Mathews coinguy47 Offline Send Email
Re: New and wanted to introduce myself Thank you. I will go check it out... Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:49 am	Barb H boysfan_72 Offline Send Email
Re: New and wanted to introduce myself This group has been really quiet for some time. But, there is lots of info on carving in the old messages. Really like Shane's Tom & Jerry nickels. Judy Posted - Sat Mar 3, 2012 5:45 pm	Judy Weber weberjudy006 Offline Send Email
New and wanted to introduce myself My name is Barb and husband is a nickel carver. He is self taught and has only been carving for a few months. His name is Shane Hunter. He found the craft of Posted - Fri Mar 2, 2012 1:29 pm	Barb H boysfan_72 Offline Send Email
Re: what about annealing? I heard the same thing about campfires, but not to anneal the coin, but to tone it after carving. I have had mixed success with heat toning, but the campfire Posted - Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:20 pm	muddymayo Offline Send Email
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