And an Auction Photo Gallery illustrates hundreds of hobo nickels sold in past OHNS auctions, along with the hammer price of each. The OHNS Quality Designation scale for hobo nickels (Crude to Superior) is explained, and examples and general values for each are given, along with the factors affecting a hobo nickel's desirability.Īn Artist Gallery chapter covers dozens of old, nicknamed, and modern hobo nickel artists with examples of their work.
All these are discussed and illustrated in the book. Other subjects include ethnic figures, hatless men, soldiers, women, famous people, and altered buffaloes (changed into a man or a different animal). The most common type of hobo nickel is the standard design depicting a bearded man wearing a derby.
The purpose, methods of creation, and the components of hobo nickels are discussed. Over 700 enlarged photographs of hobo nickels are illustrated in the 126 page spiral-wire-bound book. Both classic old hobo nickels and modern creations are presented, with information on how to tell them apart. Alpert, which presents an up to date guide to hobo nickels and their values. The Original Hobo Nickel Society has just reprinted its Hobo Nickel Guidebook authored by Stephen P. Price for OHNS members is $28 ($35 for non-members). Convention and is now available for sale.
Alpert was authorized by the OHNS Board at the January F.U.N. Articles on investing, grading coins, and detecting counterfeits will make you a savvy collector and entertaining essays on the history of American coinage, shipwrecks and hoards, and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at "the hobby of kings." These are just some of the features, invaluable Red Book-the world's best-selling coin price guide."A new 5th edition printing of the Hobo Nickel Guidebook by Stephen P. Civil War tokens, Confederate coins, private gold, and all the latest National Park quarters, Presidential and Native American dollars, Lincoln cents, and more. You'll also round out your education in commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins. You'll find prices for more than 6,000 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. And of course it includes all the grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data that turn a new coin collector into an educated numismatist. It opens up and lies flat on a table while you study your coin collection.
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