Showing posts with label Currency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Currency. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

How to use 300, 000 euro-cents

Well the last thing any of us would do is laying it all on the asphalt as a beautiful mosaic right? Stefan Sagmeister of Sagmeister Inc. did just that during the first edition of Biennale, in Amsterdam. Entitled “Obsessions make my life worse and my work better“, Sagmeister’s work of art was made out of around 300,000 euro- cent coins set up on a 20×42 square meters surface. This intricate installation was a challenge to all passers-by, with so much money at stake, would people leave it alone and appreciate its beauty or would they just go for themoney out of greed?

After the show was over the complex art piece was simply sweeped away with a brush.

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Pennies Make Great Floor Tiles

Some people are literally throwing money on the floor

Like the people that came up with the idea of paving the floor of the Standard Grill, in the Standard Hotel, New York, with thousands of pennies. It looks pretty cool, no doubt about it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, one day, people got on their knees and tried to steal the coins. After all, this is an economic crisis and every penny counts.

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Friday, August 21, 2009

The World’s Most Beautiful Banknotes

I’ve never considered money as something beautiful to look at, but I have to admit, some banknotes look better than others. Here are the top 10 most beautiful banknotes in the world, according to David Standish, author of The Art of Money:

Top 10 currencies via CNBC

10. Faroe Islands (Kronurs)

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9. Iceland (Kronurs)

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8. Hong Kong (Hong Kong Dollars)

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7. Cook Islands (Cook Island Dollars)

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6. New Zealand (New Zealand Dollars)

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5. Comoros (Comorian Franc)

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4. Switzerland (Francs)

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3. Sao Tome & Principe (Dobras)

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2. The Maldives (Rufiyaa)

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1. The French Pacific Territories (Franc)

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They’re all interesting, I guess, but here are a few other nice looking banknotes from around the world, maybe even nicer than the ones in Mr. Standish’s top:

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