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Hobo Pennies
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:53 pmby blackrabbit
I just wanted to show off some of my latest engraving work which I have been selling on e-bay. It is the only honest way I can sell an average or worse penny for sometimes over 40 bucks.
The coin-wolf, and copperhead snake are up right now at pretty cheap starting bids if anyone is interested!
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:00 pmby TXBullion
Nice work
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:06 pmby henrysmedford
Mister Google helped me find a link to your listings
http://www.ebay.com/sch/ottokane/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 for any one you wants to bid on them. Great work.
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:21 pmby John_doe
those are awesome. nice work!
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Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:45 pmby twentybux
Very nice!
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Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:58 amby scyther
Nice. Especially the middle one.
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Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:51 amby OtusLotus
looks like the '68 is a double die.......
nice work!
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Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:07 amby Dano
Very Cool!
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:16 pmby blackrabbit
Thanks for the kind words! The wolf coin went for 81 dollars! I love appreciators of the arts! I need to hack up some more coins.
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:55 pmby TheJonasCollegeFund
COOL!
You got some skills!!!!!
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:32 pmby penny pretty
americas got TALENT! very nice, wish I could afford to comission a darth vader!
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:30 pmby deacon
Sweet hobos. Looks like I need to invest in a dremel.
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 8:44 pmby NHsorter
blackrabbit wrote:Thanks for the kind words! The wolf coin went for 81 dollars! I love appreciators of the arts! I need to hack up some more coins.
$81, cool. Do you mind if I ask how much time the wolf took to carve? I watched some hobo nickel carving vids on youtube and now i need to find a place where I can get a good deal on one of those spinning coin vice setups.
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:47 pmby RichardPenny43
Awesome work!
penny pretty wrote:americas got TALENT! very nice, wish I could afford to comission a darth vader!
http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=194
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:07 pmby barrytrot
Excellent work. Keep it up!
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Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:52 amby jasmatk
very nice work.I really like the skull face.how long have you been doing this?
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Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:07 amby Rodebaugh
Nice work Andy. Your work is much better than when you started. And your coins looked great then.....so now they are amazing.
you signing them?
Re: Hobo Pennies
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Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:00 amby blackrabbit
I don't know how long they take to carve but that wolf did not take very long. I just looked at my dog who is mixed with wolf and it came easily. I have been thinking of timing myself but I want to keep it fun for me to do. It is very good for my mental health like meditation. Gave the nice model a few nice chunks of cow for her work, she earned it!
Check e-bay for a ball vise. That is one tool that really helps. They sometimes go for pretty cheap. Good tools can be expensive for engraving but they hold their resale value well even if they are really old. For example I bought a bunch of old hand gravers and then resold the ones I did not want and made a profit.
I have been playing with this as a hobby for a couple years now.
Yea I have been progressing pretty well since I got some good magnification, I will do another Darth Vader one of these days now that I am better at it. I sign my initials on the rim of all the coins I carve now.
Thanks again!