another hobo nickel

BILLZACH · November 19, 2004 12:16PM

here,,s a old hobo reading a paper, carved on a buffalo nickel.. look close and you can see the nailheads in the boards on crates, also the paper has words printed on it , hard for camera to show it...

BILLZACH · November 19, 2004 12:22PM

i,m thinking i should click- reply, not new topic, as long as it pertains to hobo nickels right?

thebeav · November 19, 2004 12:26PM

Very cool nickel !!

Paul

Garneteye · November 19, 2004 12:38PM

Neat!

kryptonitecomics · November 19, 2004 12:51PM

Wow, that's a nice one....I wish I had a tenth of that kind of talent

coinguy89 · November 19, 2004 12:51PM

Pretty cool.

CoinAddict · November 19, 2004 12:54PM

That is awesome!!!

BILLZACH · November 19, 2004 1:19PM

here,s another one before i call it a day....i,ve been carving these kind of coins for about 10 years.....billzach

Louis · November 19, 2004 1:29PM

Neat stuff Bill.

Louis · November 19, 2004 2:16PM

Bill does some neat work.

LittleBitOEverything · November 19, 2004 2:32PM

Never really seen one

guess I never really paid attention to them, but it's pretty cool.

Gemini · November 19, 2004 9:07PM

Really neat ...great detail and engraving work Bill.

tsacch · November 19, 2004 9:55PM

what kind of tools do you use? I love wood carving and always wanted to try my hand at a metal moving on a small scale....do it on cars now and am good with a mig welder, but thats large scale.
thanks for showing the work,

tom

Shamika · November 19, 2004 10:43PM

Incredible!

LanLord · November 19, 2004 10:51PM

How awsome is that? I sure wish I have a bunch of those.

I overheard a conversation at the Santa Clara show about a guy who made a hobo nickel out of a Jefferson, it turned out as an Indian chief in full headress. I wish I could have seen it.

Cam40 · November 19, 2004 10:55PM

those are great!!!!
thanks for shareing

Cam40 · November 19, 2004 10:57PM

you did those billzach?
damn nice work.
can you do a jimi hendrix one?

INXS · November 19, 2004 11:45PM

Bill's work is great. His carved coins command a very high premum. I would love to own one but they are a little steep for me.

Good work Bill

CarlWohlforth · November 20, 2004 12:04AM

Yes, these certainly deserved a new thread. I enjoy looking at them.

Cam40 · November 20, 2004 12:39AM

joeyuk · November 20, 2004 2:58AM

BILLZACH. I knew that name sounded familar.

Did you carve a larger denomination coin recently(within the last year) that sold on e-bay?
If you did a pic. would be great. If I remember correct it went for well
over $300. Joe

Louis · November 20, 2004 3:01AM

<< <i>BILLZACH. I knew that name sounded familar.

Did you carve a larger denomination coin recently(within the last year) that sold on e-bay?
If you did a pic. would be great. If I remember correct it went for well
over $300. Joe >>

This one is a Morgan $ that sold for a little over $280

mgoodm3 · November 20, 2004 3:02AM

Nice work.

joeyuk · November 20, 2004 3:20AM

Thank you Louis. That is the one I was thinking of. I didn't recognize it.
I was tempted to bid on it but did not pull the trigger. I know the modern
pieces command a nice premimum but I would love to have a couple of
the ones carved say in the 20 and 30's.

Verne · December 16, 2004 2:04AM

I suspect that perhaps you might be talking about a Bob Shamey carving... shown here:
www.hobonickels.org/news.htm#proofs

66Tbird · December 16, 2004 2:15AM

Nice work with smoooth fields. Lots of time went into that one.

Another carver and nice guy is Joe Pezak, I met him at the Phx. show and learned enough about the art to know I don't have the talent. I bought a handful of simple designs to give away and a more serious piece for the collection. Cool stuff. I like the morgan piece.

xbob · December 16, 2004 5:15AM

Considering the time it must take, $280 for that carved Morgan is a good deal for the buyer.

Awesome artwork Bill!

Bear · December 16, 2004 5:32AM

dthigpen · December 16, 2004 5:32AM

<< <i>Bill, Could I ask you to carve a Morgan dollar

with the figuere of a pharmacist on one side.

If that is not possible, I liked the figuere of a

Civil War Soldier. Please let me know how much and how long.

Thanks, Abe >>

Might want to send him a PM.

I just recieved a carving that Bill did on a Seated Liberty Half yesterday. All I have to say is Amazing.

Russ · December 16, 2004 5:36AM

Amazing work.

Russ, NCNE

LanLord · December 16, 2004 6:22AM

The more hobo nickels I see, the more I like them.

Wowser!

INXS · December 16, 2004 9:01AM

<< <i>I suspect that perhaps you might be talking about a Bob Shamey carving... shown here:
www.hobonickels.org/news.htm#proofs >>

I own two of Bob Shamey's hobo nickels. Another very good artisan and a helluva nice guy.

ibzman350 · December 16, 2004 9:11AM

Nice, very nice..

Herb

fcloud · December 16, 2004 9:19AM

Those are really cool!

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kidd · December 16, 2004 9:25AM

Cool work. very detailed

dthigpen · December 16, 2004 9:31AM

Just recieved this little gem in the mail today from Billzach...

another hobo nickel

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