Hobo Coins
Our Hobo Nickel collection is unique and contains carvings by some of the best carvers. The carved coins by Steve Adams and Lee Griffiths are listed for sale for $1,000,000. These coins we have priced at an insanely high price so you do not actually buy them; we want to hold them in our private collection and so priced them out of reach (no lower offers will be entertained for these!) We put them on the site so other coin collectors could enjoy the work of these artists. BGASC was the first to commission 'Hobo Nickels' on 5 oz ATB's. These coins each depict a scene relating to the park on their reverse. Each of the carvings by Adams and Griffiths were made using mint state coins and in some cases proof like coins. Enjoy!
Hobo Coins
Handmade Carved Hobo Nickel Coins
These coins were a favorite target of hobo artists in early 20 th century America. The designs in the 2016 Hobo Nickel collection include: Fisherman: The Fisherman is the first design and sticks closest to the original alterations made to Buffalo Nickels. The Hobo fisherman, captured in a similar right-profile relief as Fraser’s original. New Hobo Coins Buy the last Art Coins. Hobo Nickel Coin 1936 Buffalo 'Mbutu' Hand Engraved. 149,95 € Add to. The Original Hobo Nickel Society was created in 1992 for collectors primarily interested in old original carved nickels. Nice old hobo nickels that were worth about $10 to $50 each in the 1980s shot up in value to about $100 to $1000 each by the mid-1990s (prices have come down since then except for the top-quality works). A ‘hobo’ nickel is an artistically altered buffalo, or Indian head nickel. The nickel first minted in 1913 with the large profile of a Native American was a natural attraction for those carving their artwork onto a coin.