Hobo nickels — coins whose bas-reliefs have been carved into other likenesses — first began to appear in 1913, shortly after the introduction of the Indian head nickel, which had a large ...

Roman Booteen makes hobo nickels, or carved coins. He takes it to the next level by adding hidden mechanics. Roman learned to carve on Zippos by watching YouTube tutorials.

A post shared by Roman Booteen (@romanbooteen) on Oct 11, 2019 at 2:45am PDT The origin of hobo coins or hobo nickels precedes even their namesake, stretching back to the 1700s at least.