-hobo nickels-
The sudden scarcity of jobs in the early 1930s forced a huge number of
men to hit the road. Certainly some coins were carved to fill the idle
hours. More importantly, a ‘knight of the road,’ with no regular source
of income, could take one of these plentiful coins and turn it into a
folk art piece, which could in turn be sold or traded for small favors
such as a meal or shelter for a night.
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