Roman Booteen Coins

Roman Booteen

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Boasting an equally unrivaled talent on a different canvas, Hobo Nickel Master Engraver Roman Booteen’s creations set the gold standard for other aspiring coin engravers. The designer of The Trap with the Golden Bait, Gold Bug & The Holy Grail - unbelievably intricate works of art etched onto a tiny round metal canvas - pays tribute to one of his admired inspirations with his latest creation, Banksy.

Like Banksy, Booteen is incredibly private in his fame, and few details are known about the life of the artist and his work, especially as it relates to influencing future projects or even acquiring an existing creation. Booteen repeatedly refuses to make his creations available to the public, partially due to the questionable legality surrounding the defacement of circulating coinage, as well as the restrictions surrounding the sale and transport of precious metals. But maybe the reality is more like the mystery surrounding Banksy, best summarized in Brad Pitt’s characterization:

“These days, everyone is trying to be famous,
but he has anonymity,” - Brad Pitt

Roman Booteen Coin Trap

Russian artist Roman Booteen (featured previously here and here) recently unveiled his latest ‘Hobo nickel‘ featuring a beating heart.

Roman Booteen's Gold Bug Legendary Hobo Nickel master engraver Roman Booteen has done it again. No subject is off-limits, no topic too dull for his wild imagination. After completing the most epic hobo nickel ever, Roman wasted no time in raising the bar once again with his next masterpiece - the Gold Bug. Inspired by Edgar Allen Poe’s almost. 2020-10-20 - Explore xcount's board 'coin' on Pinterest.

Using a US Silver dollar (Morgan), Booteen made a beating heart with a clever turning mechanism shown below. The coin is one-of-a-kind and Booteen has no plans to make any more of this design in the future. He says he will eventually put it up for sale/auction at a random time in the future.

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Roman Booteen Hobo Nickels