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Post by ralph058 on Jul 24, 2016 21:37:07 GMT -5
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Post by Boyd Percy on Jul 24, 2016 22:49:02 GMT -5
Very interesting article. I guess they used nickels because they only worth 5 cents and the relative softness of the metal.
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Post by Wes on Jul 25, 2016 8:19:42 GMT -5
Wow! Some really good ones there! I think I told the story elsewhere that I tripped across the whole idea of hobo nickels while I was hunting around eBay to find out what old nickels were worth. I'd never heard of such a thing but knew instantly I had to work them into Redeye.
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Post by ralph058 on Jul 25, 2016 11:39:24 GMT -5
You could be right about the nickels being so soft. I remember a lot of them having almost all of the features wore off as a kid. I guess they were chosen over the pennies because they were a bit larger. At least one of the examples was a quarter.
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