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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => U.S. Coins => Topic started by: SirStacksALot on February 08, 2016, 11:52:27 PM

Title: Carved Buffalo Nickel Medal
Post by: SirStacksALot on February 08, 2016, 11:52:27 PM

I had this medal carved up by a local hobo nickel artist named Shane Hunter a few months ago when the award medals were made.  The original medal was a silver Buffalo Nickel commemorative minted by Daniel Carr.  The carving is a design that I had thought of a while ago and sketched up.  The picture is of the creator of Liberty Dollars (also known as Norfeds).  He is holding out a small Liberty dollar, which is one of my favorite "coins" to collect.

Title: Re: Carved Buffalo Nickel Medal
Post by: MattTheRiley on February 09, 2016, 11:56:53 AM

That is pretty cool, Jim!  Do you have an image of the "before"?  What the medal looked like before it was Hobo'd?

Title: Re: Carved Buffalo Nickel Medal
Post by: Humpybong on February 09, 2016, 10:24:47 PM

Very nice....Shane does a great job.

Title: Re: Carved Buffalo Nickel Medal
Post by: Zoins on February 08, 2017, 04:45:01 PM

That's a great use of the Dan's Indian Head Nickel Centennial. I like how he's holding up the coin and the year sign.

Recently, I picked up a 2004 Liberty Dollar Sixth Anniversary Fair piece that was minted on a screw press. I believe this was done by Ron Landis. Definitely a small world.