February 25, 2017 at 5:05 pm
Money Lisa
Hayley Whittingham made this creative portrait of Mona Lisa using US$12.54 and €1,30 worth of coins
Hayley Whittingham made this creative portrait of Mona Lisa using US$12.54 and €1,30 worth of coins
Twitter user @thumb_tani is truly the (gravity-defying) Master of Coin
The Central Bank of Norway asks eight design studios to submit proposals for redesigned banknotes that will enter circulation in 2017.
Michael, aka Moerkey, is an artist from Horsham, Victoria, Australia. The talented craftsman creates unique handmade balls, bowls and sculptures from discarded keys and coins; as well as reclaimed copper pipe and wire. In the series below, Michael bends and solders individual keys and coins into beautiful objects. Each item is made to order…
Even before his unfortunate passing last week, Leonard Nimoy has been receiving tributes by Canadian Trekkies in the form of currency doodles. Years ago someone noticed that with a few strokes of the pen, Sir Wilfrid Laurier—7th Prime Minister of Canada and face of the $5 bill—looked remarkably similar to Spock. Ever since, people…
Born 21 April 1926, Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-lived and second longest-reigning British Monarch. Being the Queen of a number of commonwealth countries, republics, territories and realms comes with an interesting set of privileges, one of which includes appearing on various legal tender and currency. In the gallery below, we see Queen Elizabeth…
Photographer Unknown via zimvi on reddit Seen here is a 1949 Cadillac covered in 38,295 pennies. According to the blog You Got to be Kidding, the pennies were affixed one by one using silicone. The project took six weeks to complete and added over 200 pounds to the car’s overall weight. If you enjoyed…
In a project entitled Tales You Lose (Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr), Brazilian artist and designer Andre Levy paints an array of pop culture portraits onto various coins from around the world. It’s interesting to see how a little paint and imagination can transform the same coin into a multitude of different characters and people. Below…
“Hash” Ashish Patel is a fine art portrait artist working mostly with pencils and charcoal. Hailing from New Jersey, the artist has nearly 120,000 followers on Instagram where he shares much of his artwork. In a short-lived series, Patel used graphite and white-colored pencils to draw incredible portraits onto $1 and $5 US bills.…
Cut coin jewelry art is a popular method of turning coins into jewelry. Most cut coin art is achieved by drilling a small hole (or holes) into the coin and then using a jeweler saw (which has various types of blades) to cut away parts of the coin. Many artists tend to focus on…
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