Shane Hunter's Old West Hobo Gold Type Set - by Mike Kittle!
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Just ran across this great Gold Hobo Type Set carved by Shane Hunter on Mike Kittle @illini420's website and thought it was too great not to share!
Great photos Mike!
Don't ask me why I ran across this tonight 
Click through for a great description:
http://www.kittlecoins.com/hobogoldset.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaFQ0xKEHWo
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Here's Shane's website
https://www.shaneshobonickels.com/
Outstanding @Zoins
Those are really cool. Love the first one with the locomotive. Easily my favorite. I have never seen something like this done on a gold coin.
Successful BST with BustDMs , Pnies20, lkeigwin, pursuitofliberty, Bullsitter, felinfoel, SPalladino (CBH's - 37 Die Marriage's)
$5 Type Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/type-sets/half-eagle-type-set-circulation-strikes-1795-1929/album/344192
CBH Set https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/everyman-collections/everyman-half-dollars/everyman-capped-bust-half-dollars-1807-1839/album/345572
@Zoins... Thanks for the pictures and links... Have not seen 'Hobo' gold carvings before. They are great... Cheers, RickO
I have mixed feelings when I see the great artwork but the destruction of classic gold coins even though they are common date coins. I have the same feeling when I see an expensive Corum wristwatch made by hollowing out a Liberty double eagle.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Not only were they all common dates, they were all problem coins too. So not too much lost... except for the gold that Shane carved away!!! Ha!!!
Michael Kittle Rare Coins --- 1908-S Indian Head Cent Grading Set --- No. 1 1909 Mint Set --- Kittlecoins on Facebook --- Long Beach Table 448
Not too big of a loss I'm assuming!
I was just talking to a wine maker who sells 10,000s of bottles of wine with gold foil printing on glass! The recycler in me thinks we'll never recover that gold!