The coin is not being made to look like another coin or being represented as such so it is perfectly legal to sell the final product.Īnd lastly, for those that still think it is illegal, how is it that you see those penny squashing machines everywhere if it is so illegal. You can also sell the finished coin for any price the market will bear. The coins are altered for artistic purposes with no intent for fraud so it is not illegal. Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Whoever fraudulently possesses, passes, utters, publishes, or sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or brings into the United States, any such coin, knowing the same to be altered, defaced, mutilated, impaired, diminished, falsified, scaled or lightened. Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the united states or If I haven't scared you away yet keep reading.īefore I get every arm chair lawyer telling me how illegal this, because it happens in every instructable that involves coins, I want to establish that this is legal.įor all ye non-believers (everyone else just skip ahead): If you want to see what can really be done search "hobo nickel" in your favorite search engine and see what comes up.
I'll be straight with you, I am a complete hack at best. You can probably do it for almost nothing if you are good at scrounging. So far my total cost for dedicated tools and materials is around $20. Well my first attempts were less than spectacular but they are getting better. Now that was something I could handle, so I tried it and it worked. After more searching I found out that old-time engravers would use nails, old files, drills and whatever else they had lying around. For something that I wasn't sure I was going to stick with that's a bit much. My initial searching reveled that tooling can cost into the thousands of dollars. I came across hobo nickels about a year ago and decided to try my hand at creating my own.
Hobo nickel how to#
In this instructable I will show how to make a traditional hobo nickel. Have you ever wanted to make your own coin or thought that there's just not enough funny hats and beards on coins.
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