5 month ago
Andy Baio : Ten Thousand Cents - Mechanical Turkers reconstruct a $100 bill using custom drawing tools for 1 cent per drawing [via]
nelson : 10,000 cents - Mechanical Turk art project to recreate a $100 bill
Rod Begbie : Ten Thousand Cents - Mechanical Turk project where users were paid $0.01 to draw a section of the $100 bill. [via] #
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5 month ago
plasticbag : Hoefler & Frere-Jones have posted a piece contrasting the new UK coinage styles with the new US Five Dollar Bill - God, the five dollar bill is a monstrous horror of crap masquerading as a bank note. I don't know what they think they're doing. Having said all that, my current favourite is New Zealand's currency. Gorgeous.
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5 month ago
jonhicks : New Royal Mint Designs - Gaze upon our lovely new coins!
Rod Begbie : The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed - The new UK coinage is wicked cool -- the individual coins are part of a larger picture. [via] #
Cameron Moll : New UK coins unveiled - New UK coins unveiled, designed by 26-year-old Matthew Dent. These not only look really sharp but also function as one design when pieced together. "The Shield of the Royal Arms has been given a contemporary treatment and its whole has been cleverly split [via]
Simon Willison : The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed - The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed. Matthew Dent’s design for the new UK coinage is inspired—absolutely beautiful. Can’t wait to get my hands on some of these.
Richard Rutter : New British coinage designs - They’re very European, slightly conservative, but I likes em.
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6 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : The New $3 Coin - The New $3 Coin: heh
nelson : The new $3 coin - America's currency is being modernized, whether we like it or not
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nelson : e-gold Examiner - Holdings of the freaky virtual currency
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10 month ago
nelson : Perspective tricks - Fun photographs matching currency to monuments
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15 month ago
nelson : Old english money - Sovereigns, pence, shillings, crowns
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17 month ago
Linkorama : Gaia Online - “The world’s fastest growing online world hangout for teens.”
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43folders : And now it's all this: Hipster PDA currency conversion card - "The currency conversion (euros/dollars) is on the left and the temperature conversion is on the right." Handy.
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19 month ago
Linkorama : Gaming email currency - there's that old business plan again. problem is getting critical mass, however
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plasticbag : It looks like we might actually hit a point relatively soon where you can get two $US for the £ - Everything in America is free.
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deusx : In God We Trust - "Using a red pen or stamp, I mark a circle and slash over the word "God" (as pictured above) on every bill that passes my way"
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : ViewMyCurrency - A great example of why Firefox can be so powerful -- An extension which automatically currency-converts prices on webpages. [via] #
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43 month ago
philgyford : Terra Nova: No shortage of currency options - Currency exchanging in online gaming.
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