Posted in dominoes on Aug 20th, 2010 No Comments »
the Dollar ReDe$sign Project is advocating a redesign of U.S. paper currency to make it more, um, current.
The design firm Dowling Duncan created a whole set of bills, coded by color and size (click for a larger view):
The folks at Dowling Duncan write:
We wanted a concept behind the imagery so that the image [...]
Posted in dominoes on Jul 21st, 2010 No Comments »
Starting Jan. 1, 2012, Form 1099s will become a means of reporting to the Internal Revenue Service the purchases of all goods and services by small businesses and self-employed people that exceed $600 during a calendar year. Precious metals such as coins and bullion fall into this category and coin dealers have been among those [...]
Posted in dominoes on Jun 25th, 2010 No Comments »
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 dominoes on May 27th, 2010 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in dominoes on May 19th, 2010 No Comments »
It’s the best of all worlds, part Illustrated Classics part comic book collecting and part stamp collecting all wrapped in up nicely drawn comics and stories… If you’re lucky you can find a few online through Golden Age Comics (UK).
1952 Thrilling Adventures in Stamps Comics depicting the Hindenburg story; these comics looked to a them [...]
Posted in dominoes on May 18th, 2010 No Comments »
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 series [...]
Posted in dominoes on Mar 30th, 2010 No Comments »
Besides ETF, index funds and gold/silver… check out the new collection investment outside of traditional fine art…
Just wonder what happens to stamp prices after the post office issues the forever stamp for good and abandons all other stamp endeavors as it shutters its doors over the next few years. Not to mention the slow death [...]
Posted in dominoes on Mar 26th, 2010 No Comments »
A great + green reason to bring back stamp collecting as a national hobby -
The Fish and Wildlife Service uses revenue from Duck Stamps to purchase or lease waterfowl habitat. During it’s nearly 80 year history, the Duck Stamp Program has generated over $750 million, which has been used to protect over 5.3 million acres [...]
Posted in dominoes on Mar 18th, 2010 No Comments »
MicroNickel will completely encapsulate the Micro SD memory card, having capacities of up to 16 gigs. This device is precision manufactured from actual coins, and is indistinguishable from a solid coin to the naked eye!
Starting with authentic US and foreign coinage, these items can encapsulate and store the Micro SD memory card. When snapped together, [...]
Posted in dominoes on Mar 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Print your own ABS 3D Coin.
It’s a coin with a shamrock on it.
Happy St.Patty’s Day.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2006
Perfect for printing in green ABS!
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