Posted in general on Jun 25th, 2010 Comments Off on You say Rupee, I say Rupee
The Rupee (abbreviated as ₨, Re.(Singular), Rs. (Plural) or रू.) was originally an Indian silver coin. Today, it is the name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Indonesia, Maldives, formerly Burma and Hyrule (a fictional land from the video game “The Legend of Zelda”) – gotta’ love […]
Posted in general on May 27th, 2010 Comments Off on Harry Eccleston: artist and banknote designer
Harry Eccleston worked for more than 25 years as a banknote designer at the Bank of England and was best known for the series D notes, issued in 1978 and the first fully pictorial series. Eccleston’s portrait of the Queen was on the front of the notes and his drawings of Isaac Newton (£1), the […]
Posted in general on May 18th, 2010 Comments Off on Piles and piles…
Piles of paper money… papercraft money for printing. Canadian banknotes are the banknotes of Canada, denominated in Canadian dollars (CAD). In common everyday usage, they are called bills. Currently, they are issued in five, ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar denominations. All current notes are issued by the Bank of Canada, which released its first […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7th, 2008 Comments Off on Dumping Gold
The Fed has Sold Half of all US Gold to Suppress Gold Prices  This could be a good thing for new collector’s looking to score some gold for their collections… bad if you are planning to ‘retire’ on your “gold assets”. Current gold buillion prices have drop by $6 today on normal trading levels… this […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2008 Comments Off on Artist’s Obscurity
Artist’s Obscurity An etching from Paris Etching Society that was picked up at an estate auction. We wanted to see if I could dig up more information about this etching online. I figured I could “google” the painter and get something – no luck at all… it appears this painter never did another painting/etching again […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2007 Comments Off on Philatelic Keyboards
It would drive my dad nuts when he’d find the stamps that my younger brother and I stuck around the walls and doorways. They would often be old starter stamp-kits or those Publisher’s Clearing House magazine stamps. This stamp keyboard however is Decoupage madness… Each of these keyboards are made with the stamps of a […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 5th, 2007 Comments Off on Coin Collector Buys Parking-Meter Treasure
New York City’s Department of Transportation this week sold off 500 pounds of foreign coins it collected from city parking meters. For the last ten years the NYC Department of Transportation has been have a public coin auction of the foreign coins people place in parking meters. The price range is now almost $4.00 a […]
The US Mint