I READ THAT SOME OF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR OLD BUFFALO NICKELS---I HAVE SOME I WOULD BE WILLING TO TRADE IF YOU LET ME KNOW THE DATES---IF THE DATES DON'T MATTER,THEN I CAN SEND SOME ASAP--LET ME KNOW YOUR ADDRESS AND WHAT YOU NEED AND I WILL BE GLAD TO LOOK INTO IT.

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  COIN BOY--TRY TO PUT THE COIN IN THE HOLE AND PLACE A THIN PIECE OF CARDBOARD OVER IT AND TAP THE TOP OF THE CARDBOARD UNTIL THE COIN FITS--THE CARDBOARD WILL PROTECT THE COIN FROM SCRATHES--ALSO USE GLOVES OR A HANDKERCHEF TO KEEP YOUR BODY OILS OFF THE COINS---EMAIL ME WITH A LIST OF PENNIES YOU NEED AND I WILL CHECK MY VAULTS AND SEE IF I CAN HELP YOU!
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 THE COIN THAT I DISPLAYED WAS A NICKEL CARVED RECENTLY OF "GOLLUM" THE MAN TURNED CREATURE BY A POWERFUL RING---IT FIRST APPEARS IN THE "HOBBIT" AND THEN AGAIN IN THE TRILOGY--"LORD OF THE RINGS'---THE CARVER DID USE GOLD INLAY ON THE EYES AND IT IS NOT MASS PRODUCED---SOME ARE CALLED HOBO TOKENS--THESE ARE MASS PRODUCED--SOME ARE HOBO NICKELS AND THESE ARE INDIVIDUALLY DONE---IT IS A DEAD END TYPE OF COIN COLLECTING BECAUSE YOU USUALLY COLLECT THE COINS YOU LIKE AND THUS END UP NOT TRADING OR SELLING IT--BUT IT IS AN INTRESTING BRANCH OF NUMISMATICS--THANKS FOR LISTENING--YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!
ATTACHED IS A CARVING DONE ON A 1896 SILVER DOLLAR--THE FIRST YEAR BASEBALL WAS  PLAYED IN DETROIT

I BELONG TO THE ORIGINAL HOBO NICKEL SOCIETY AND THESE PEOPLE COLLECT COINS THAT HAVE BEEN ALTERED---MOST WERE AND ARE DONE ON OLD BUFFALO NICKELS--BUT OTHER COINS ARE USED ALSO--IF I DID THIS CORRECTLY--YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT A COIN DONE BY A FRIEND OF MINE FROM LAS VEGAS--I HOPE YOU LIKE IT
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THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP ON THE PERTH COINS----I WENT ON LINE AND PURCHASED THE HANIBAL COIN AND I HOPE I CAN GET THE GETTYSBURG COIN LATER--I AM NOT INTERESTED IN COLLECTING THE SERIES----OUR MINT AND CURRENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE FOR BEHIND THE WORLD IN IMAGINATION WHEN IT COMES TO DESIGNING MONEY---THEY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT OUR HISTORY AND SURROUNDINGS ARE ALL ABOUT AND PUSH A FEW OF THE OLD MEN OFF THE MONEY--FAT CHANCE OH WELL--THANKS AGAIN--YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!

BEAUTIFUL COIN---ARE THESE COINS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND WHERE WOULD ONE FIND THESE???--I AM A GREAT LOVER OF HISTORY AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THE COIN--AWAITING YOUR ANSWER
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I  BELONG TO A BANK THAT HAS HARDLY EVER HEARD OF MOST COINS???---THEY DON'T HAVE THEM--THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL BE GETTING ANY--OR THEY ARE NOT ORDERING ANYMORE----HOW COINS GET INTO CIRCULATION IN THE U.S. IS A MYSTERY TO ME----I HAVE DONE BETTER IN RESTAURANTS THAN BANKS---EXCUSE ME--I HAD TO GET OFF MY HORSE AND ONTO MY SOAPBOX---I AM RATHER LARGE AND MY HORSE GETS TIRED OF HOLDING ME---THANKS FOR LISTENING--YOUR ROTUND SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!

IT WOULD MAKE A NICE WOODEN NICKEL TYPE COIN---WHO MAKES WOODEN NICKELS? AND HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT COST IF WE BOUGHT IN QUANTITY?--YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!

BEAUTIFUL COIN---THAT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SCANS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON LINE--THAT WOULD BE QUITE A COIN IF THAT WERE ITS REal SIZE--YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

HOW ODD IT IS THAT A 1909 PENNY WOULD BE CHEAPER THAN A 2009 PENNY---MAKES YOU WANT TO SHOT YOURSELF IN THE HEAD---OOPS--SORRY ABOUT THAT ABE!  YOUR SERVANT--THE PENNILESS TEMPLAR!

BECAUSE SHE WAS ROYALTY--SHE WAS BRICKED UP IN HER ROOM--AND LEFT TO DIE--HER SERVANT WAS TORTURED TO DEATH---THE NUMBER OF YOUNG GIRLS KILLED FOR THEIR BLOOD WAS NEVER ESTABLISHED--BUT THE KILLINGS WENT ON FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED BATHING IN THEIR BLOOD WOULD KEEP HER YOUNG-----YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR!

THE MINT HAS SCREWED UP AGAIN---MOST BANKS ARE NOT ORDERING ANY BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY OLDER COINS ON HAND--THIS MORNING MY BANK TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT ORDERING ANY NEW PENNIES--PRESIDENTIAL DOLLARS--HALVES-OR QUARTERS BECAUSE OF THE BACKLOG OF COINS ALREADY IN STOCK AND A LACK OF ROOM---YOUR SERVANT-THE TEMPLAR!

my dad was in the air force and we were moved to alaska in the mid 1950's--now that is a place of beautiful scenery and mountains you will never forget---odd that a state as large as Alaska is,its state flower is one of the smallest--the "forget me not"---if you ever see the state you will forget it not!--your servant--the templar

   KEEP THE HOBO BY RON LANDIS--HE IS QUITE POPULAR AND THE HOBO BY HIM WOULD PROBABLY BRING GOOD MONEY IN AUCTION--IT SOUNDS LIKE A TAKE OFF OF A 1937-D 3 LEGGED BUFFALOE WHICH IS AN ERROR COIN WORTH HUNDREDS!--YOUR SERVANT THE TEMPLAR!

in responce to the difference between hobo nickels and hobo coins ---some carvers generally use or usaed buffalo nickels--modern carvers use all types of coins--domestic and foreign and the hobby has started to grow in Europe---prices run from as little as $15 to hundreds of dollars depending on who is carving the image and what type of coin is being used