Bearded Jefferson nickel

Imagine my surprise when I took a look at my 1964 Jefferson nickel to find that he had a beard!
Now, when I say a beard I really mean whiskers. The first thing I thought of 'hobo nickel' but looks like those were Indian cents.
Anyway, the whiskering is on the tip of the chin around and down to the neck~ there are a few whiskers on the front of the shirt at the end of that chin line.

I see subtle ridges on the bridge of his nose up to his forehead.
My iphone can't pick up the detail I can see with my magnifying glass ~ Google doesn't bring up much ~
If anyone has heard of this, please point me in the right direction. I will somehow get a picture on here ~ Jefferson looks good with some stubble  :-)

Цитата: rzubakImagine my surprise when I took a look at my 1964 Jefferson nickel to find that he had a beard!
Now, when I say a beard I really mean whiskers. The first thing I thought of 'hobo nickel' but looks like those were indian cents.
Anyway, the whiskering is on the tip of the chin around and down to the neck~ there are a few whiskers on the front of the shirt at the end of that chin line.

I see subtle ridges on the bridge of his nose up to his forehead.
My iphone can't pick up the detail I can see with my magnifying glass ~ Google doesn't bring up much ~
If anyone has heard of this, please point me in the right direction. I will somehow get a picture on here ~ Jefferson looks good with some stubble  :-)

That's a weird one! I would like to see a picture.

PS. Now I think I'm gonna take a second look to my nickels!

Yes - would also like to see a picture.
There are some Jefferson nickels with a beard on here, almost halfway down the page,
in the section 'Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 5 carved Jeffs' ...
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmmtt.html

There is one on here also,
called 'Hobo Nickel ”Old Civil War Bo” Carved by Billzach' ...
http://www.hobonickelart.com/category/jefferson/

Finally, as Indians were mentioned, I this one, and pleased it
got a Winning bid: US $380.00 as it is well worth it ...
http://www.hobonickelart.com/2012/08/12/hobo-nickel-waiting-to-be-kissed-by-aleksey-saburov/

Those are great examples, thank you for sharing! The waiting to be kissed is pretty amazing, I like the Jefferson human skull myself  ;-)

I will get a picture on here ASAP ~

Thanks! I will get a picture as soon as I find a camera that will take a picture at the detail I need~

Цитата: Dutchgalego

Цитата: rzubakImagine my surprise when I took a look at my 1964 Jefferson nickel to find that he had a beard!
Now, when I say a beard I really mean whiskers. The first thing I thought of 'hobo nickel' but looks like those were indian cents.
Anyway, the whiskering is on the tip of the chin around and down to the neck~ there are a few whiskers on the front of the shirt at the end of that chin line.

I see subtle ridges on the bridge of his nose up to his forehead.
My iphone can't pick up the detail I can see with my magnifying glass ~ Google doesn't bring up much ~
If anyone has heard of this, please point me in the right direction. I will somehow get a picture on here ~ Jefferson looks good with some stubble  :-)

That's a weird one! I would like to see a picture.

PS. Now I think I'm gonna take a second look to my nickels!

I have took some coins pics using my mobile, thru the magnifying glass, and they are better than not using the glass. The lens of the mobile on center of the glass, then search up and down till having a good definition.

Other feature I use is to scan the coins, most times they look good too.

Try it, could work for you too.

Daniel

Daniel,

Thank you ~ I have a scanner on my printer!

Цитата: adanieluyI have took some coins pics using my mobile, thru the magnifying glass, and they are better than not using the glass. The lens of the mobile on center of the glass, then search up and down till having a good definition.

Other feature I use is to scan the coins, most times they look good too.

Try it, could work for you too.

Daniel

The best scan I could get is 600 dpi
I added mark-up / arrows

As I continued to look at the coin I noticed that the 'whiskering' happens on the same side of the date too. I am going to take this into an office max and get a better scan  ;-)

Цитата: ZacUKYes - would also like to see a picture.
There are some Jefferson nickels with a beard on here, almost halfway down the page,
in the section 'Sonny's "Baker's Dozen" - 5 carved Jeffs' ...
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmmtt.html

   There is one on here also,
called 'Hobo Nickel ”Old Civil War Bo” Carved by Billzach' ...
http://www.hobonickelart.com/category/jefferson/

   Finally, as Indians were mentioned, I    this one, and pleased it
got a Winning bid: US $380.00 as it is well worth it ...
http://www.hobonickelart.com/2012/08/12/hobo-nickel-waiting-to-be-kissed-by-aleksey-saburov/

Interesting info, thanks for share.