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6 April 2008
De Zwerver Dossier #12 [ stukken en brokken ] −by V-Dubya
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The Hobo Nickels
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The Hobo Nickels are a Denver-based folk band playing original Americana-style songs.
It's a foot stompin' mix of bluegrass, swing, folk, old-timey country, zydeco, polka, trucker tunes and more.
Left to right: Tim McCanna on Accordion, Steve Combs on Upright Bass, Rob Silk on Ukulele and Andy Sherman on Guitar.
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Appliqué Nickel
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This superb “Flat Nose” classic carved nickel was recently found in
Ancon, Balboa, Panama and subsequently sold on eBay for $349.27.
The Seller pondered what it was doing there in Panama. Joyce Ann Romines acknowledged the assistance of Joaquin “Pacheco” Monserrat (1921−1996), a collector of Hobo nickels, who was a TV personality in Puerto Rico... one of the most known and loved hosts of children's programs since the 60's until the 90's.
Thus we know classic carved nickels were valued and exported beyond our U.S. borders well before the genesis of eBay marketing on the Internet. ~ V-Dubya
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$162.27 on eBay
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$212.51 on eBay
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$261.09 on eBay
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Mickey's Clown
−by Mike Pezak
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Vicar “Potty” Pottle
−by Derek Pegnall
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Translation... “The Hobo File #12 [ bits and pieces ]”
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Carving Chips.....
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A Trio of Day Brighteners
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From East Point, Georgia in the USA
“Baraby” −by Dennis “Books” Tucker, OHNS-RM977
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From Glasgow in Scotland
“Lobey Dosser”(*) −by Bud Neill
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From Gisborne in New Zealand
“Horse and Aunt Dolly” −by Murray Ball
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Thanks for the GREAT
artwork “Books”! ~ V-Dubya
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(*) An adaptation of “lobby dosser”... a term applied to tramps and vagrants who slept
on the close landings and in the entrance hallways of Glasgow's tenement flats.
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Pedantic: excessively
subtle reasoning.
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23 March 2008
“About the Artist” ~ Raymond E. Cover, Jr.
www.rcoverengraving.com
“If a very extensive work of art is to be done on the obverse side of the coin,
then it does make sense to use a highly collectible coin in great condition, so the reverse is as pleasant to view.
That being said, Ray does strive to use at least VF-AU grade coins for most carvings.”
Cavalry Officer Carving
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Teaching Engraving
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A Trophy Brown Trout
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A Dandy King Salmon
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Carving Chips.....
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Wealth Is Made Up By Accumulating Friends ~ Not Pelf !
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Hobo “Nase Haar” ~ Rollie's sixth carved nickel!
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The Road...
Pictures
Confession
Holding Her Down
Pictures
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“Pinched”
The Pen
Hoboes That Pass in the Night
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Road-Kids and Gay-Cats
Two Thousand Stiffs
Bulls
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20 March 2008
How and Why Henry Got the Name Smiley
The story as told to Wallace S. Bottoms, gives the account of his cousin, Henry Thomas Bottoms, Jr. who later in life was given the name “Smiley”. Smiley in his early life as a young boy from Burna, Kentucky came from a dirt poor family of twelve, four girls and six boys and had to work from the age of seven to eat. Burna wasn't a big town, but it had a lot of people who liked to read the Grit. If you don't know what the Grit was, it was a paper with lots of good honest down to earth stories and advertisements in it. At the time of this story, Norman P. Joiner had the Grit route in Burna, but was thinking about getting a job at D.L. Fatback's Hog Parlor. As things would have it, Norman P. when he turned fourteen got the job at D. L. Fatback's Hog Parlor.
Now here is really where the story starts for Henry Thomas Jr., he got Norman P.'s Grit route, so at the age of nine he was a salesman. Henry was a good salesman and built up the Grit route, which in turn allowed him to meet many people.
So as things would have it, Henry met Eli Towny one day delivering Grits, the first thing Henry saw and something that wouldn't leave his mind was that Eli had a gold tooth. Henry made up his mind that day he would one day have a gold tooth.
So as things would have it, Henry saved and saved and made the trip to Doc Bridges in Lola, Kentucky and got his gold tooth at the age of twelve. But something happened when he got fourteen, he saw his first train when he made a trip to Tolu, Kentucky to see about buying a milk cow for his family, as Henry was watching the train go by he noticed two men jump into a open boxcar. Later on that day Henry asked a clerk at Bagwell's store who and what were the two men doing by hopping in the boxcar, the clerk told Henry the men were hobos and used the trains to get from town to town. Well as things would have it, Henry knew he wanted to be a hobo.
Henry went back to Burna, gave his farewells and then made the trip back to Tolu and jumped the first empty boxcar he saw. Later that day as he was joined by three more hobos, they noticed he had a gold tooth and how it shined when Henry smiled. So Henry Thomas Bottoms, Jr. got his name changed to “Smiley” that day. So as things would have it, this was the story about how and why Henry got the name Smiley and how he became a hobo.
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Carving Chips.....
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Woxikon Online Dictionary - Translation
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“Härskarinna Dake”
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“Herenkapper Zanger”
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Translation of words, word sequences and short sentences into the languages...
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Swedish.
Examples:
Swedish...
“Härskarinna”
Dutch...
“Herenkapper”
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Translation... “The Hobo File #11 [ bits and pieces ]”
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18 March 2008
Vagabondo Ernesto
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People Liked Him −by Edgar A. Guest
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His was not a brilliant style,
His was not a forceful way,
But he had a gentle smile
And a kindly word to say
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Wasn't one to boast of gold
Or belittle it with sneers,
Didn't change from hot to cold,
Kept his friends throughout the years
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Never lied to friend or foe,
Never rash in word or deed,
Quick to come and slow to go
In a neighbor's time of need
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Never arrogant or proud,
On he went with manner mild;
Never quarrelsome or loud,
Just as simple as a child
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Sort of man you like to meet
Any time or any place
There was always something sweet
And refreshing in his face
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Never rose to wealth or fame,
Simply lived, and simply died,
But the passing of his name
Left a sorrow, far and wide
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People liked him, not because
He was rich or known to fame;
He had never won applause
As a star in any game
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Honest, patient, brave and true:
Thus he lived from day to day,
Doing what he found to do
In a cheerful sort of way
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Sort of man you'd like to be:
Balanced well and truly square;
Patient in adversity,
Generous when his skies were fair
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Not for glory he'd attained,
Nor for what he had of pelf,
Were the friends that he had gained,
But for what he was himself
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··· Appendix ···
“Alpert's Artist Galleries” ...too useful as a reference to permanently relegate to our ScrapBook!
··· Appendix ···
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Chapter 4
from
The OHNS Hobo Nickel Guidebook
By Stephen P. Alpert
For The Original Hobo Nickel Society
2001
Photographs by Bill Fivaz, Stephen P. Alpert, and Coin World
( Not included on this webpage. )
Published by the
Original Hobo Nickel Society
www.hobonickels.org
We know the actual names of very few of the artists who made the old original hobo nickels. Bo and Bert are by far the best known of the original hobo nickel makers, and their lives are chronicled in detail in the two books by Del Romines. Other early makers of hobo nickels, who were prolific carvers and made pieces of a distinctive style, have been nicknamed (with their nickname put in quotes.) There are other early makers who signed their hobo nickels with their name or initials, but only one or two specimens are known by these artists.
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