Why Some Coins Carve Like Butter and Others Fight Back: Metal Hardness for Hobo Nickel Carvers

Coin metal hardness decides how a hobo nickel carves: why cupronickel nickels fight back, silver cuts like butter, and how work-hardening changes the cut.

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