MetaFilter posts tagged with coin

Changing your change

quin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:52:35 -0800

Turn a silver coin into a ring with a hammer, an anvil (or something similar), and a drill.

"a story of great potential overwhelmed by a genius for acts of pointless economic self-destruction"

cortex — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:32:14 -0800

People with a keen strategic sense maintain a well-diversified hoard of coins and painstakingly build alliances with local shopkeepers or bank tellers, conspicuously proffering coins for one purchase or deposit in the hopes of being indulged when they're short of change at some point in the future. Argentina's coinage problem. Further, further, further still; previously.

Flip a coin

cog_nate — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:42:05 -0800

If you need a foolproof way to decide whether to kill someone or are simply curious as to whether probability is still operating as a factor in your existence (and find yourself out of change but near a computer with an internet connection), you can just use flip a coin.

Make Your Own Coin

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:39:41 -0800

Online coin generator. Sure, it's in German, but you can figure it out.

Play money

blahblahblah — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:27:38 -0800

Want to learn some coin tricks? There are six fundamental tricks you need to learn: the coin spin, one-finger spin, the walk down, the edge walk, the coin flip, and the coin roll. Once you have these mastered, you can do some amazing tricks with the videos and instructions at Coin Manipulation and from Expert Village.

Not a copper penny in me house.

sfenders — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:26:41 -0800

How much is a penny worth today? Oh, about $0.0105465. Of course, it costs more than that to produce them. Is the penny worth keeping? The old copper penny had bactericidal qualities. You could drop a copper penny in a glass of wine to discern its nature. They were the subject of various high-school chemistry experiments. According to some, they were excellent conductors of luck. And the new zinc pennies? Their melting point is lower, and they don't have the same ring to them. Some people like them, others like to eat them. What are they good for? Not much. The time has come to abolish the penny.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:11:00 -0800

Give us all your money

Fake money 2000 years ago

riffola — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:14:47 -0800

Great fakers scammed ancient Italy. An ingenious counterfeit-coin scam has been rumbled by scientists in Italy. But no one is going to jail, because the forgers lived more than 2,000 years ago.

Because it hurts more than cards or matches

Orange Goblin — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:05:35 -0800

Penny stacking - build pillars, bridges and domes from your worthless change.

Smash a penny!

fixedgear — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:54:48 -0800

Ever seen those penny smashing machines? You can join a club, visit a museum, get you own custom penny, or get your very own machine. Oh, yeah, it is perfectly legal. You can trade here, or look for machine locations in the U.S. and abroad. How 'bout a MetaFilter smashed penny? They really are America's Best souvenir.

DuPoint stolen coin collection.

stbalbach — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 20:53:10 -0800

For 36 years, Harold Gray has been on an extraordinary mission -- to recover what may be the most famous stolen coin collection in the United States. Since October 1967, when five hooded gunmen invaded the Coconut Grove estate of chemical empire heir Willis Harrington duPont, binding the family with silk neckties and stealing the valuable coin collection from duPont's safe, Gray has been on the case. ''We remain,'' he says today, ``in hot pursuit.''

Old Japanese coins and bank notes

hama7 — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 15:52:50 -0800

Gallery of old Japanese Bank Notes and coins.

Wisconsin Quarter

Durwood — Wed, 01 Oct 2003 13:20:51 -0800

Wisconsin has picked its quarter design! Gov. Jim Doyle Tuesday overruled an advisory panel and told the U.S. Mint to put a cow, wheel of cheese and ear of corn on Wisconsin's commemorative quarter, despite fears that it won't reflect the state's cities or its rich ethnic heritage

Chasing the Double Eagle

Vidiot — Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:52:13 -0800

From a theft at the U.S. Mint to a scam artist in Philly, from a playboy Egyptian king to a Secret Service sting at the Waldorf-Astoria, ending up at a record-breaking $7.59 million auction: the fascinating history of a coin. (via BoingBoing)

sixfoot6 — Wed, 02 Feb 2000 10:29:02 -0800

The Wire has just posted an article about the new Sacagawea dollar coin and the Federal goverment's attempts to promote it through Wal Mart and boxes of Cheerios. These days, it seems, even money wont sell itself anymore.