Posted in general on Mar 5th, 2010 Comments Off on Pricing Silver Today
It is hard to affirm what the cost of a silver coin is today. Silver dollars were first issued in the United States of America in 1794. Nevertheless, not all coins are of high value though they have a long history. The US mint used to issue a large number of silver money. But nowadays […]
Posted in general on Nov 4th, 2009 Comments Off on $1 Million in Comics
Posted in general on Sep 23rd, 2009 Comments Off on Healthcare Pennies
Whatever your thoughts are about the new reformation process in health care that is currently getting a ton of hype and coverage and hot air… here’s a pretty simple breakdown of the expected cost and sourcing – using your ordinary penny. It helps when you put it all to scale… Â Warning: Penny Mutilation!
Posted in general on Jul 21st, 2009 Comments Off on Origins of the Symbol
U.S. Dollar ( $ ) As it turns out, the symbol ($) comes from Spain. The II upon the S represented the Pillars of Hercules, upon which rests the Spanish coat of arms. The S came about from the plural for Dollars or Pesos. In Spanish 1 Dolar, 2 Dolares, 1 Peso, 2 Pesos etc. […]
Posted in general on Jun 17th, 2009 Comments Off on Coin shrinking with high voltage in slow motion
Coin Shrinking from Jeremy Ruhland on Vimeo. Check out Bert Hickman’s “Makin’ Small Change†and Shrinker Gallery Discharging about 10 kV (15,000 joules!) from enormous 300 µF capacitors the team at Hackerbot Labs “Turn half dollars into quarters! Turn quarters into dimes! Turn dimes into little semi-molten balls of metal!” with their custom built apparatus […]
Posted in general on Jun 15th, 2009 Comments Off on Collectible Investments: American Eagle Silver Proof Dollars
Interesting (personal+anecdotal) article about the value of an investment in American Eagle Silver Proof Dollars. It may or may not work out in the end unless you have a complete set or if you are looking to trade in buillion market values buying in on the lows and hoarding until you can make a standard […]
Posted in general on May 21st, 2009 Comments Off on Ten Thousand Cents (Revisited)
“Ten Thousand Cents” which has also been around the web quite a bit. For Ten Thousand Cents, 10,000 people were paid one cent to draw 1/10,000th of an image of a $100 bill. This digital artwork creates a representation of a $100 bill. Using a custom drawing tool, thousands of individuals working in isolation from […]
Posted in general on Apr 24th, 2009 Comments Off on WWF: Coins
Way cool idea to raise funds and increase awareness. Although something would need to be done to accommodate non-magnetic coins but a great concept. WWF: Coins from CCW – Lab on Vimeo.
Posted in general on Apr 13th, 2009 Comments Off on Zimbabwean billboards from trillion dollar notes
Real money as wallpaper and posterart… now you can update you Monopoly money with the real thing. The Zimbabwean newspaper posted billboards, flyers, and posters made from Zimbabwean dollars. From the Zimbabwean Newspaper’s Flickr stream: Trillion dollar flyers and posters. A trillion dollar hand-out. To highlight the plight of Zimbabwe and the cause of the […]
Posted in general on Apr 1st, 2009 Comments Off on Bi-Metallic Coins
Core77 follows up their recent write-up on Production Methods with a quick overview on bi-metallic coins. If you’ve ever wondered how they make bimetallic coins, here’s the process. They start by punching a hole through a coin blank, or planchet. The core will be remelted for another batch, and the remaining part becomes the “ring,” […]
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