s. (???Hobos,??? or ???bums,??? as they were frequently called, were a widespread symptom of those impoverished times, and a common design theme of these carved coins.)Apparently, however, there was an earlier crop of these carved coins (???Hoboken nickels???) that qualify as ???trench art??? from WWI. ???Hoboken???....???hobo???....I wonder if the similarity is complete coincidence? v.