NEW BOOK: IF I HAD A NICKEL

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The E-Sylum: Volume 18, Number 50, December 13, 2015, Article 8

NEW BOOK: IF I HAD A NICKEL

Carol Bastable writes:

A Love Token Society member shared this link with me. It is now the second fiction book published with hobo nickels being the storyline. The first was a book of short stories, mostly with skull images. This one appears to be a novel about a man murdered for his valuable hobo nickel collection. Currently Amazon has it on Kindle. It was published November 22nd. 2015.

Numismatics in fiction is a great sideline with many titles available for the interested reader. Below is the book description from Amazon. -Editor

Alex Dunn owned one of the most valuable collections of hobo nickels in the world, and it appears somebody killed him for it. Now Roy Ballard and Mia Madison are hired by the insurance company to track the collection down, which means they might reveal the identity of the killer in the course of their investigation. But the more they dig, the more suspects they uncover, including Dunn’s children, his ex-wife, and a buxom masseuse who takes a hands-off approach to the services she offers.

Length: 260 pages

Author Ben Rehder writes:

"My father-in-law somehow learned about hobo nickels and mentioned them to me. Being a mystery writer, I immediately thought they would make an interesting topic. I bought a hobo nickel for him, and that's the nickel pictured on the cover of the book."

Hobo Nickels have quite a following, and prices have risen steadily in the years since I was first introduced to them. It wouldn't make sense for the motive to be money however, since each carved nickel is virtually unique. There can be no legitimate aftermarket for a stolen collection, since nearly every individual coin can be confidently attributed. Great premise for a book, though. It's nice to see this numismatic sideline getting more mainstream exposure. -Editor

For more information, or to order, see:
If I Had A Nickel (Roy Ballard Mysteries Book 3) (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B018F1SOG2/)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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