Have you ever seen a Buffalo nickel carved to look like a man wearing a hat, a train car, or a guy with a walking stick? How about a Morgan dollar transformed Collection into a skull. or a Kennedv half dollar turned into a Storm Trooper? If you have seen strange pieces like these, you …
By Leon Worden COINage magazine • Vol. 42, No. 7July 2006 There is something magical about a Buffalo nickel that has been reworked into a unique piece of art by a hobo with a crude knife or nail punch as he tramped across America in the first half of the 20th Century. Was the coin exchanged for …
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