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UNITED STATES: 5 cents, 1930, EF, modern "Hobo Nickel" carved into Buffalo

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:40.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
UNITED STATES: 5 cents, 1930, EF, modern  Hobo Nickel  carved into Buffalo
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This item SOLD at 2019 Mar 11 @ 12:22UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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UNITED STATES: 5 cents, 1930, EF, modern "Hobo Nickel" carved into Buffalo type with bowler hat, eye wrinkles, mustache and ornate collar, hand engraved by Lithuanian artist Gediminas Palsis with his signature inscribed near the edge as a conjoined GP. The "hobo nickel" is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The US nickel coin was favored because of its size, thickness and relative softness. However, the term "hobo nickel" is generic, as carvings have been made from many different denominations.