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Money Can Be Funny Sometimes; Silly Coins and Notes

October 12, 2013 By This Blog Rules Guest Leave a Comment

Money is a serious business most of the time. Thankfully, some geniuses have taken the time to come up with the wackiest and silliest coins and other types of currency you could ever imagine, and some you probably couldn’t imagine.

The Talking Mongolian JFK Coin

The Talking Mongolian JFK Coin and Funny Money

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Filed Under: art, fun Tagged With: coins, funny money, notes, silly coins and notes

A World Map Made of 3,000 Coins

June 22, 2012 By Vernon Gadson Leave a Comment

“Money makes the world go round,” they say. “Money makes the world, full stop,” would be the reply of Perniclas Bedow, creator of a world of copper, gold and silver coins. Arranged by Swedish design studio Bedow, the piece is a world map made entirely out of over 3,000 coins from around the world: in a stroke of artistic genius, each continent was built using its own currency.

A 2009 project, it was arranged for use by Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag, a Swedish bank. One hopes that the bank’s security guards are keeping a close eye on Bedow’s stunning piece: anyone short on a bus fare may steal a bit of Ohio. Check out images of the project above and below, including some close-ups of the spare-change countries. See if you can spot which part of the world it is. [Read more…]

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