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lordmarcovan
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Let's see your "creatively damaged" coins, be they hobo carvings, love tokens, counterstamps, graffiti coins, coin jewelry, or anything else odd or interesting done with a coin!



This started out as "HOBO & LOVE TOKEN TUESDAY", but there's so much more to it, and I can't always keep up with a Tuesday schedule, so let's make it an ongoing thing, hopefully something like the Seated and Barber megathreads.



Here were the first two threads. I encourage anyone who posted their stuff to those threads to repost 'em here, and we can keep this going with the occasional bump when somebody adds something interesting.



HOBO & LOVE TOKEN TUESDAY (vol. 1)

HOBO & LOVE TOKEN TUESDAY (vol. 2)

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  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'll post my late-July newps here once I've got the pix uploaded and such.



    In the meantime, post yer goodies! Let's see some cool, weird, beautiful, ugly, bizarre, and/or interesting stuff!

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  • dcarr
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  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Thanks, DC. Hope you continue to post stuff. I know you've got plenty. image

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  • ricko
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    Wow... very nice Dan....

    And thanks LordM...this is a great idea... Cheers, RickO
  • carabonnair
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    Here's a quarter

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  • NVU
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    I will snap a few pictures of my hobo collection in my next visit to SDB and post them here. In the meantime, repost of what I have to keep this thread going.

    "Odin" by Marcus Hunt
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    "Windy" by Howard Thomas
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    Fun thread. image

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  • MWallace
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    LordM,



    I love these threads. My kind of stuff.

    I hope to start getting some pictures together and start contributing next week.



    Mike
  • lordmarcovan
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    Originally posted by: Twobitcollector

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    That's neat. Very intricate looking.



    PS- but it doesn't look like it's done on an actual Buffalo nickel host coin, somehow?



    Is that a larger struck token, by any chance? Silver round, maybe?

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  • carabonnair
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    A couple stars of my collection

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    The dime is from San Francisco. The star on the cent seems slightly irregular.
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  • lordmarcovan
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    I like those starry coins. Particularly the IHC, for some reason. They've got character.



    Lance's popout Barber stickpin is also nice- nicer than the norm for those, I think.



    I am way behind on my recent newps and hope to add a few soon.

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  • Twobitcollector
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    Originally posted by: lordmarcovan
    Originally posted by: Twobitcollector
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    That's neat. Very intricate looking.

    PS- but it doesn't look like it's done on an actual Buffalo nickel host coin, somehow?

    Is that a larger struck token, by any chance? Silver round, maybe?


    It's a silver round

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  • MWallace
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    1892 Columbian Expo Half Dollar made into a cigar cutter. Well made. Blade is spring released by pressing the button on the edge. A friend that collects items from the Columbian Expo says that this is only the second one of these he has seen. He has been trying to obtain one for his collection for over ten years and has yet to find one for sale.



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  • morgandollar1878
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    That columbian cigar cutter is off the charts!!!!
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  • carabonnair
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    A draped bust large cent - what looks like an "M" in a heart. Someone suggested Martinique, West Indies. I don't know the Sheldon number.

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  • DUIGUY
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  • lordmarcovan
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    Wow, DrunkenSquirrelDude!



    I've seen those Napoleonic-era Cartwheel coppers before- you know what I think of 'em. image



    But what is that love token with the waterbirds on it? That is fan-freakin'-tastic! Looks like a pretty large host coin... silver dollar?

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  • DUIGUY
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    Originally posted by: lordmarcovan
    Wow, DrunkenSquirrelDude!

    I've seen those Napoleonic-era Cartwheel coppers before- you know what I think of 'em. image

    But what is that love token with the waterbirds on it? That is fan-freakin'-tastic! Looks like a pretty large host coin... silver dollar?


    Morgan dollar .
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  • MWallace
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    DUIGUY, Great pieces!!! These are not as nice as yours, but it reminded me of a couple of Britannia pieces I own.



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  • DUIGUY
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    Originally posted by: MWallace
    DUIGUY, Great pieces!!! These are not as nice as yours, but it reminded me of a couple of Britannia pieces I own.

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  • ricko
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    Wow...NVU, that 'Windy' nickel is awesome....Cheers, RickO
  • crazyhounddog
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    Originally posted by: dcarr
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    I'm prety sure this is thee nicest one I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing this one Danimage
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  • lordmarcovan
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    MWallace- we can't all have pieces like DUIsquirrel.



    I like your Cartwheel coppers just fine.

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  • carabonnair
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    Since I have the starry cent and dime above, I couldn't resist this

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  • duki
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    Just bought these off ebay.

  • grip
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    From LM.:)

  • lordmarcovan
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  • ricko
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    If I could post a picture... It would be of the Frog love token I got from LordM.... I know he posted pictures of it in one of the previous threads. Cheers, RickO

  • lordmarcovan
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    @ricko said:
    If I could post a picture... It would be of the Frog love token I got from LordM.... I know he posted pictures of it in one of the previous threads. Cheers, RickO

    :)

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  • CyndieChildress
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    @dcarr said:

    Wow.!.! Cool artwork

  • CyndieChildress
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    @lordmarcovan said:

    WOW ~ So neat.!.!

  • grip
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    All I see are X's.?

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great picture of the frog LordM...Thanks... Cheers, RickO

  • oih82w8
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    @grip said:
    All I see are X's.?

    Same here...what happened?

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  • nk1nk
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    Really enjoyed this thread!! Some of the older guy/gals probably won't know what a fidget spinner is but this ones pretty cool.

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  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I dunno what keeps happening with the images.

    H&C's most recent post above this one are all broken now, too.

    Pix seem to show a while and then go bad.

    I thought it might just be me, but no- apparently this software has issues.

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  • MWallace
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    LordM, It's happening to me too.

  • lordmarcovan
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    Wow. A Hawaiian half cutout!

    H&C, your stuff never ceases to amaze.

    Probably makes the more mainstream folks cry or gnash their teeth, but I love it. Those "heartbreaker" coins can be heartbreaking and appealing all at the same time.

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  • ricko
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    Some nice coins here.... not sure why the images reverted to IP addresses... but worth checking out... Cheers, RickO

  • Knell
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    Don't know if this would qualify as coin art but I thought I'd share a couple of posters I bought just because they have Buffalo coin and Peace dollar coin in them

  • lordmarcovan
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    @Knell said:
    Don't know if this would qualify as coin art but I thought I'd share a couple of posters I bought just because they have Buffalo coin and Peace dollar coin in them

    That's more "art with coins" than it is "coins with art", but it works, as far as I'm concerned. Cool posters.

    Why do you suppose they put the coins in them?

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