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Embellished Floral Scrollwork Carved on Coins by Shaun Hughes

Over the previous few years, we’ve explored numerous artists eager on reworking the faces of coins into sculptural artworks, a craft relationship back to the 18th century that’s recognized colloquially as a hobo nickel. One such artist who has his personal distinctive twist on etching the faces of cash is UK-based engraver Shaun Hughes who focuses totally on embellishing present coin faces with totally different kinds of floral scrollwork. The patterns typically sprawl immediately throughout the coin’s portrait creating an intriguing tattoo-like impact. Hughes shares pictures and course of movies on his Instagram account and sells a lot of his remaining creations on Ebay.

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