That is One Interesting Coin

MWallace

https://chonday.com/32958/coinsart6/

Zoins

This is a great piece! It's created by Roman Booteen who has created a number of great "hobos".

Here's more information on this piece:

https://twistedsifter.com/2018/10/sword-coin-by-roman-booteen/

Zoins

Roman Booteen is the same artist behind other top selling hobos, like "Golden Bait" that sold for $10,101:

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2017/08/modern-carved-morgan-dollar-sells-for-10101.all.html

grip

Sure would like to see that in hand.

Outhaul

Incredible!

Zoins

If this gets slabbed, you won’t be able to use it anymore!

fastfreddie

Don't eat your lunch around it! Incredible.

asheland

That's pretty awesome!

johnny9434

neat

jesbroken

Cool!

jmski52

+1,000

steelielee

Coolness factor very high on that piece. Love to hear some theories on how that was done.

MrEureka

What’s amusing to me is that we’ve all become so used to seeing our coins do nothing more than sit and maybe pick up some tarnish that the trivial functionality of this piece actually seems like a big deal. We are so pathetic.

Raybob15239

Very cool. I've seen this before. There is a video circulating on the web showing the coin "in action."

MWallace

@MrEureka said:
What’s amusing to me is that we’ve all become so used to seeing our coins do nothing more than sit and maybe pick up some tarnish that the trivial functionality of this piece actually seems like a big deal. We are so pathetic.

I respectfully disagree. A lot of art in the world (and yes, I do consider this art), is derived from taking one item and creating a beautiful piece of work from it.

MrEureka

@MWallace said:

@MrEureka said:
What’s amusing to me is that we’ve all become so used to seeing our coins do nothing more than sit and maybe pick up some tarnish that the trivial functionality of this piece actually seems like a big deal. We are so pathetic.

I respectfully disagree. A lot of art in the world (and yes, I do consider this art), is derived from taking one item and creating a beautiful piece of work from it.

Oh, I agree that the design is beautiful. (Not sure how original it is, but it's beautiful.) And the workmanship is first class. I was mostly laughing at myself (and anyone like me) who was impressed by the moving parts.

MWallace

@MrEureka said:

@MWallace said:

@MrEureka said:
What’s amusing to me is that we’ve all become so used to seeing our coins do nothing more than sit and maybe pick up some tarnish that the trivial functionality of this piece actually seems like a big deal. We are so pathetic.

I respectfully disagree. A lot of art in the world (and yes, I do consider this art), is derived from taking one item and creating a beautiful piece of work from it.

Oh, I agree that the design is beautiful. (Not sure how original it is, but it's beautiful.) And the workmanship is first class. I was mostly laughing at myself (and anyone like me) who was impressed by the moving parts.

Well, I'm like you because I'm impressed by the moving parts too.

ricko

That is truly a work of art.... I have seen it before, and his other creations..... What an inventive and skilled artisan he is..... Cheers, RickO

AUandAG

Same artist: Roman Booteen.

AUandAG

@steelielee said:
Coolness factor very high on that piece. Love to hear some theories on how that was done.

Some of it is posted on Roman Booteen's facebook......it's in Russian but FB translates it for you.

bob

AlexinPA

Amazing works of art; thanks for posting.

Zoins

@MrEureka said:
What’s amusing to me is that we’ve all become so used to seeing our coins do nothing more than sit and maybe pick up some tarnish that the trivial functionality of this piece actually seems like a big deal. We are so pathetic.

How many of our coins do something other than sit and possibly pick up some tarnish? What are you thinking of?