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Hobosapian
Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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Hey gang! I am going to share a small part of my collection in the hopes that someone may have the final coins I need to finish it up. I am collecting an old original hobo nickel collection by date and mint mark. If anyone happens to have an average or better date I need, I am a fish! Any help is appreciated!

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Chris Dempsey
Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
6032 Peach Street
Erie, PA 16509

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  • jclovescoins
    jclovescoins Posts: 2,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is an AMAZING collection. Very nice!
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    Thank you! This is just the start of my hobo nickel collection. image In fact, most of my "good" coins aren't in the date and mint mark collection. Perhaps I'll share more after the thread has had more time.

    Chris
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • TigersFan2
    TigersFan2 Posts: 1,442 ✭✭
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    Wow!
    I love the 3 P's: PB&J, PBR and PCGS.
  • Christos
    Christos Posts: 950 ✭
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    Don't forget to put a wanted listing in the BST
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    Good idea. Thanks for the heads up!
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • RKKay
    RKKay Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭
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    Sorry. I can't help, but that is a spectacular set.
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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  • Broadstruck
    Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Very cool endeavor... Craving a can of baked beans after seeing this image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • steveben
    steveben Posts: 4,666 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    there are some really nice ones in that set. congrats!
  • savoyspecial
    savoyspecial Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭✭
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    Coolest thing I've seen on here in a long while

    www.brunkauctions.com

  • Christos
    Christos Posts: 950 ✭
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    Are these Coalburns? I ask because of the look. Do you only want to stay with this look or are the newer hobo nics ok also?
  • jayPem
    jayPem Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For once, thanks for the giant pics !
    Really liked being able to zoom in on each coin , what a great endeavor . Good luck !
  • Meltdown
    Meltdown Posts: 9,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    IMPRESSIVE Set of hobos!!
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    These are all old ones. While I do have a few Museum Quality Moderns, I primarily just collect the old ones. With that said, to my knowledge only Norm Talbert had completed a hobo nickel date and mint mark set, but he filled in about half the dates with modern carvings. I am trying to be the first to finish a set using exclusively old carvings. As you can see, I am not too far off. image Even with all the money in the world, you still can't finish a set like this. It takes lots of time left on this earth, and lots of persistence. The money helps too. HA!
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow!!!!!

    That's an outstanding set.
  • nwcoast
    nwcoast Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    WOW!!
    What a huge challenge you've take on, and put a considerable dent into it!
    Super
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  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    I've been working on it for about 8 years, aggressively. I have over 200 pretty nice old ones, but I still can't find these last few dates I need despite scouring private collections, auctions, and the internet. Thank you for the compliments! If I can buy one date I need as a result of this thread, I'll be thrilled!!
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What a crazy-cool collection! I love the concept! imageimage

    I played with a date set of Love Token Seated Dimes for a while, though in my case, it was merely a one-a-year date set, rather than by date AND mintmark, as you're doing it.

    That's a very ambitious and challenging set you've taken on, but I see you've already crossed many of the major hurdles.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • lasvegasteddy
    lasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
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    stunning and how cool is this
    best wishes on completing this too
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Amazing set..... the 1913 SV1 should be named Jimmy Durante....... congratulations on an awesome collection....Cheers, RickO
  • duck620
    duck620 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭✭
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    "WOW"!..Lost for words.First Hobo collection I've seen that intence & beautiful.

    Thanks for sharing.
  • CaptHenway
    CaptHenway Posts: 34,167 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Quite a Bo-dacious set!
    Professional Numismatist, Retired. 55 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner of the PNG's 2026 Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
  • grip
    grip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great post Hobosapian..Thanks.
  • Booger9989
    Booger9989 Posts: 411 ✭✭✭
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    I use to buy these as a kid but sold most of them as I got older. Looking at tour set brings back so good memories. Love the sets you and and wish you luck completing it. SUPER COOL!!!! Thanks for sharing. .
    Positive BST Deals as a seller : Wondercoin, Chumlee, Jerster, Perry Hall , DMarks, MWK, drewsef, SoCalBigMark, Lakesammman, Nurmaler
  • Gemini
    Gemini Posts: 3,085 ✭
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    Very nice! reading Del Romines Hobo Nickel book really got me interested in these pieces and other hobo made items as as well such neat Americana!
    My Dad told me stories of when he rode the rails during the Depression so I find those times very appealing. Unfortunately he never carved any nickels. image
    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I have never owned a hobo and yours are fun to view. Do you know the names of any of the
    carvers?

    bobimage
    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • OnWithTheHunt
    OnWithTheHunt Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    What an incredible set. Look forward to seeing more of your hobos.
    Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).
  • winky
    winky Posts: 1,671 ✭
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    I'm stunned!!! How wonderful.
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  • keyman64
    keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    As others have said, I am also unable to assist. But holy cow man!
    That is impressive!!! Putting a nice set together can be challenging
    enough but doing it like that seems to take it to the near impossible
    realm and yet you are pretty close. Congrats with your progress
    and good luck on the completion! A completed set would have the
    potential to win an award as a display at a big show I would imagine.
    Have the HOBO collectors group/society (can't recall what they are
    called) seen this?

    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
  • numisma
    numisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭
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    AMAZING!!!

    The funny thing is that I was going to send you a PM to see if you knew of Chris Dempsey, but then I read your sig line! You ARE Chris Dempsey, which explains a lot about your amazing set. Congrats.
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    AUandAG, I only know the names of a few. The obvious ones are Bertram Weigand and "Bo" Hughes, who supposedly started carving back in the teens. Whether or not that is true, who knows. There are two other known carvers from their period. One is William Kopman, who was a carver from the Cleveland and Buffalo areas in the 1920's and 1930's. He was a jeweler and engraver, probably not a hobo, who seemingly didn't carve many. In fact, only two pieces of his work are known, one of which is in my collection. The other is another Gentleman named William Sharples who was also an engraver from the 1920's and 1930's.
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    Keyman64, I will likely put it on display when I finish the date and mint mark set. I have far too many coins to put on display, but I bring it to many shows for educational purposes, as well as a little bit of advertisement that I buy them.

    I am friends with nearly all of the Board members of the Original Hobo Society, and I am a non-voting (and I like it that way, hehe) Board Member, as the webmaster for the OHNS. I am one of a handful of prominent collectors in this area, and I hold the record for highest price ever paid for a hobo. In other words, I am probably on their radar. image
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    numisma, I do know Chris Dempsey, and I see him often. image

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    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    Here's a few other pages for your entertainment. image

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    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • topstuf
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    I like the 1928 "potty" one. image
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    That's one of my favorites. image
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • joeykoins
    joeykoins Posts: 18,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice and clever, dude! A one in a million set. Maybe, the only one out there?image

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  • OldEastside
    OldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    WOW AGAIN image

    Steve
    Promote the Hobby
  • Hobosapian
    Hobosapian Posts: 72 ✭✭✭
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    The date and mint mark set is one of only a few attempted, to my knowledge. I am closer to completing it than anyone before me. I probably have around 30 years or so left on this earth to finish it. Admittedly, I would rather not wait that long. image
    Chris Dempsey
    Dempsey & Baxter Rare Coins
    6032 Peach Street
    Erie, PA 16509
  • fcloud
    fcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
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    amazing!

    President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay

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