Currencies and money

[KevinFlynn]

As I'm obsessed with the duality of fiat and precious metals as currency and money, I decided to collect my artistic (somewhat 😬 ) ideas into one thread...

Starting with the Gold <> US Dollar <> other currency triangle

[KevinFlynn]

Which would you rather have?

Note or coin?

[KevinFlynn]

Anecdote: somewhere in the 1980s or 90s, a couple found hidden under the timbers of their attic a bundle of 20 Mark Banknotes, a couple hundred Mark hidden away by possibly their grandparents. Hidden away for a rainy day. If the cache had only contained the same in 20 Mark Gold Coins...

[Minimalist]

Currency; An art tool - slave paper - the creation of economic enslavement.

[dicker]

@KevinFlynn

Nice bank notes - do you collect these along with PM's?

There is an outstanding book on bank notes which is non-mainstream - I will try and dig out the link.  Professional book that I suspect is mainly sold to banks - quite expensive but superb.

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Dicker

[dicker]

I have done quite a lot of research into the anti-counterfeiting measures deployed in modern bank notes and it is absolutely fascinating!

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Dicker

[HerefordBullyun]

See you lads are far too intrinsic for me! Shiny stuff wins hands down!

You cant polish paper, you can always polish metals. Thats why Im the lead brass trumpet player in my band! Its always shiny!

[Au79]

Precious metals, Gold anchors the sovereignty of a nation. 

Fiat currency embed the history of a nation's day to day transactions. 

Digital currency speedily transacts a nation's day to day transactions. 

[HerefordBullyun]

Just now, Au79 said:

 

Digital currency speedily transacts a nation's day to day transactions. 

yes squid coin proved that! 2.5 mil gone!

[KevinFlynn]

11 hours ago, dicker said:

@KevinFlynn

Nice bank notes - do you collect these along with PM's?

There is an outstanding book on bank notes which is non-mainstream - I will try and dig out the link.  Professional book that I suspect is mainly sold to banks - quite expensive but superb.

Best

Dicker

Not a collection per se, I'm just getting what complements my interest in coinage.

I'm fascinated by the history of the late Victorian Age and New Imperialism, up to the 1920s however. So if I find something interesting like this

I'll get it - isn't this the pinnacle of currency pervertion? I think it cost me a tenner, do we want to know how much an equivalent coin would cost these days?

 

[LawrenceChard]

£1 Notes and coins:

1914 was possibly the beginning of the end.