Posted in general on Mar 30th, 2009 Comments Off on “Minister of Industrial Design”
Here’s a cool set of self-promotion coins following the likeness of the designer but looking oddly familiar to those coins from Liberia…Â Dan “Minister of Industrial Design” Ballou’s business cards, which aren’t cards at all, but metal coins. Fresh! These new business “coins” have dropped and they’re getting a good reaction. The dollar might be […]
Posted in general on Mar 6th, 2009 Comments Off on Above the Fray: Bayer’s Notgeld and Designing in Crisis
In 1923 the German economy was devastated by World War I and reparations made for rampant inflation. Hyperinflation set in and, as prices rose exponentially, common currency became worthless. To meet the demand, paper notes were printed almost nightly in every region, jumping from thousands to millions to billions. These marks are known as notgeld, […]
Posted in general on Mar 5th, 2009 Comments Off on Gold Demand
Strong demand remains for physical gold. Well selected gold coins will outperform common bullion products. The current high premiums for common gold Eagles, Maple Leafs, and Krugerrands allow astute collectors a buying opportunity.
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A small-town pharmacist intrigued by the government’s economic stimulus plan decided to launch his own version with $16,000 in $2 bills, and area stores have already felt the impact. Danny Cottrell gave each of his full-time employees $700 and part-timers $300. He asked them to donate 15 percent to charity and spend the rest locally, […]
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Australian art student Nicholas Manion [Queensland College of Art, Brisbane]Â hit upon a clever idea: delicately cut paper currency forming the skyline of major cities. His one-of-a-kind notes bring a contemporary visual connection to their country of origin, in addition to images of statesmen, local languages and artistic styles. Money makes the world go round […]
Posted in general on Oct 31st, 2008 Comments Off on Make money with free software…
Dutch Python hacker/artist Stani took part in a contest organised by the Dutch Ministry Of Finance to design a 5 euro commemorative coin. And he won, using only free software: ‘The whole design was done for 100% with free software. The biggest part consists of custom software in Python, of course within the SPE editor. […]
Posted in general on Oct 30th, 2008 Comments Off on James Bond’s ‘Q’ Inspires Real-Life Innovators
Looking forward to the new Ian Fleming’s, James Bond series out again… we offer up some quick information about what real CIA officers have used… real hollowed-out Soviet coins, roughly the size of silver dollars, to hide secret material. CIA agents would use the coins to stash secret material, unscrewing them and hiding large quantities […]
Posted in general on Oct 17th, 2008 Comments Off on Old Money by Yoko Devereaux
The press release starts off “In these days of soaring gas prices, yelps of cash crunches and real estate depression, the last thing anyone would do is destroy money. Well, anyone but Yoko Devereaux that is. Launching for spring/summer 2008, Old Money, is a collection of coins hand cut into works of art Yoko has […]
Posted in general on Oct 6th, 2008 Comments Off on Displaying Coins and Paper Money
I have a large collection of money from around the world – from various travels over the years. The paper money of different countries is so unique and colorful. I would like to find a way to display it in my home. I was thinking of framing it, but can’t find frames of the right […]
The US Mint