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Terme préférentiel

Hobo nickels  

Définition

  • Coins, individually hand-carved by men made homeless by the Great Depression, using the design of either the Indian or the buffalo as a base, and altering it to another design altogether; traded for meals, a place to sleep, a ride, or other favors; sometimes carved with images of loved ones as mementos of better times, or to honor those lost to time [www.hobonickels.org]

Concept générique

Synonyme(s)

  • Nickels, hobo

Notation

  • 121896

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-C0TPT9D6-1

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