Coin Sculptures - for you to enjoy

[Abhay]

I got these images today morning in the mail.

Sharing with you to enjoy.

Abhay

[squarecoinman]

Thanks for posting , I am not sure if i like it , it is rather creative , but it hurts to see they used coins , I am sure i would have preferred to see the same structures made with cookies

sqm

[Prosit]

Thankfully most of them are worthless US trash coins 

I have often thought an interesting use for US dimes and quarters (beside spending) would be to make arrowhead necklaces out of them.

Dale

Thanks for posting , I am not sure if i like it , it is rather creative , but it hurts to see they used coins , I am sure i would have preferred to see the same structures made with cookies

sqm

[andyg]

Thankfully most of them are worthless US trash coins 

And the few that are not are British trash coins

[bagerap]

I'm willing to bet that someone has idle hands..............and a CNC machine.

[Figleaf]

Had to look that up. A CNC machine is a Computer Numerically Control machine. OK. That sounds like something I once wrote: "the grant element will not be the same as the concessionality level because of the differentiated discount rate". Positive sounding words. No information.

Peter

[bagerap]

Pre-programmed computer controlled machine capable of operating to incredible fineness of cut or depth or whatever. A friend has spent years building one operating on four different axes which he uses to paint pictures.

[cmerc]

Had to look that up. A CNC machine is a Computer Numerically Control machine. OK. That sounds like something I once wrote: "the grant element will not be the same as the concessionality level because of the differentiated discount rate". Positive sounding words. No information.

Peter

A CNC machine can be used to do precision machining.  Machining is defined as controlled and systematic removal of (metallic) material from raw pieces of (metallic) blanks to create a desired object of use and value.  E.g., a cylindrical piece of steel is machined to create a screw in a lathe machine. 

CNC is a computer controlled way of machining.  You program into the machine how you want to cut the metal, and then it does so automatically.  A CNC machine may have been used here to machine/cut away the metal from these coins so that they interlock.  IMHO, it was probably something more low tech, CNC is overkill.  You could do this stuff using a drill bit, an electric saw, or even a file. 

Also, isn't it illegal to destroy currency?

[Prosit]

I have seen CNC machines used to create a volitile (maybe styrofoam and other materials) 3-D pattern object used to pour/cast Aluminum and Brass and Copper 3-D objects.

Pretty neat tool with a lot of uses.

Dale

[Abhay]

A CNC machine can be used to do precision machining.  Machining is defined as controlled and systematic removal of (metallic) material from raw pieces of (metallic) blanks to create a desired object of use and value.  E.g., a cylindrical piece of steel is machined to create a screw in a lathe machine. 

CNC is a computer controlled way of machining.  You program into the machine how you want to cut the metal, and then it does so automatically.  A CNC machine may have been used here to machine/cut away the metal from these coins so that they interlock.  IMHO, it was probably something more low tech, CNC is overkill.  You could do this stuff using a drill bit, an electric saw, or even a file. 

Also, isn't it illegal to destroy currency?

I remember reading somewhere (most probably on some US website for coin rings) that it is perfectly legal to destroy a coin if your intentions are not fraudulent. For example, it is legal to convert a coin into jewelry, a ring, an ashtray, a sculpture etc. Yes, if you damage, alter, repair a coin in order to increase its value, then it would be illegal.

Abhay

[asm]

Also, isn't it illegal to destroy currency?

Last Saturday, having some spare time, I visited the Fort where the rulers of Baneras stay. Part of the Palace complex has been  converted into a museum. I saw there, proudly displayed, coins with holes in them. British India coins with the rulers effigy on one side - neatly holed. A note there said that the Ruler of Baneras was an expert shooter who could shoot coins which were flung into the air. There was a citation from some British organization confirming the expertise of the Raja of Baneras in shooting coins flung into the air.

Unfortunately, photography was strictly prohibited........ and I had gone there without paper & pencil. My tired brain refuses to recollect the name of the organisation or the rulers name which started with a V - Vibhuti Narain Singh (if I am correct).

The irony was, the British has accepted his expertise of shooting the Monarch's effigy without any questions..........

Amit

[Bimat]

They should have used presidential dollars instead...afterall there are billions of those lying around.

Aditya

[asm]

They should have used presidential dollars instead...afterall there are billions of those lying around.

Aditya

This would have been before independence or may be around that time...........no dates were mentioned.

Amit

[chrisild]

Also, isn't it illegal to destroy currency?

In some countries it is, elsewhere it's not.

Christian

[cmerc]

The irony was, the British has accepted his expertise of shooting the Monarch's effigy without any questions..........

I am sure the British bear no grudges.  The ruler of Baneras must have offered something more valuable in return