They May Look Like Normal Coins, But These 'Hobo Nickels' Are Insanely Epic.

We're all familiar with what a nickel looks like, right? Flickr / yaybiscuits123 But what about a "Hobo Nickel"? What, you might ask, is a "Hobo Nickel"? Because of the softness of the metals used in nickels (copper and nickel), people have been carving the money up for decades. Since the 1700s, people have been creatively modifying the faces of coins. Flickr / Richard Elzey Nickels are popular, but other denominations, such as pennies and quarters, have also been transformed. Flickr / J. Money Because of the low cost and small nature of the coins, homeless men and women have...