Ask a coin dealer for his two cents on a ‘hobo nickel’

Today’s question:

Why, when one wears a bandage for an extended period of time on a finger or possibly other areas is the skin under the bandage white when the bandage is removed?

Simple. It’s for the same reason your fingers get all white and wrinkly if you soak in the tub for a long time.

When you put on something like a Bandaid, some moisture gets trapped between your skin and the bandage. The Bandaid may have a lot of little holes in it, but they really aren’t big enough for air flow to let moisture out.

I have a buffalo nickel that does not have an Indian on the back. It is a man with a hat and beard. It could be a black man. I looked all around the Internet for a similar coin and nothing.

I can’t say for sure, but it is possible you have a “hobo nickel.”

During the Great Depression, tramps would sometimes create a bit of folk art by carving a new image on one side of a buffalo nickel, altering the image of the Indian on the original coin.

You should take it to a coin dealer to find out for certain what you have. In football, what exactly is a crackback block?

This is what it says in the glossary at sportingcharts.com:

“An offensive strategy in which a player spread out wide near the sideline will run back towards the ball at the snap in order to seal off a defender from the wide side and open up the field for a runner.

“A crackback block is illegal if contact is made below the waist, and can be assessed a 15-yard penalty.

“Crackback blocks are most useful on plays meant to get around the edge of the defense and gain yardage.”

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