LOOSE CHANGE: JUNE 5, 2022

 

The Falkland Islands Commissioners of Currency and the 40th Anniversary Committee are delighted to announce the issue of a Crown Coin to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands.

The 40th Anniversary Committee will be gifting a coin to every child under 16 in the Falkland Islands or who are in full time education. Children will be presented their coins on Friday 10 June at the Infant and Junior School and Falkland Islands Community School and coins will be given to all the children at Mount Pleasant. Parents of children living in Camp or who have not yet started school should contact JAldridge@taxation.gov.fk to arrange for these to be sent to you.

A limited number of coins will be available to purchase locally from the Post Office in Stanley from Wednesday 1 June at the retail value of £12.46 per coin.

To read the complete article, see:
Crown coin commemorating the Liberation of the Falklands for every child in the Islands (https://en.mercopress.com/2022/06/01/crown-coin-commemorating-the-liberation-of-the-falklands-for-every-child-in-the-islands)

For more information, or to order, see:
https://www.pobjoy.com/40th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-the-falkland-islands-2022-bi-metal-2-coin-fal

 

Is paying with hand-drawn banknotes artistry or forgery? The knotty case of J S G Boggs

In the 1980s, the American artist J S G Boggs (1955-2017), who was then living in London, began drawing his own banknotes and attempting to pay with them. If that sounds more like forgery than artistry, it's worth mentioning that his drawings, while skilful, were obviously not the real thing, and nor did he try to pass them off as such. Instead, Boggs's project to blur the boundary between art, money and functionality meant that, if his hand-drawn banknote was accepted, he would later attempt to track it down, buy it back, and display it alongside his change and receipt. In this entertaining account of Boggs's audacious art experiment, Tom Hockenhull, curator of medals and modern money at the British Museum, details how the work ran afoul of the Bank of England, Scotland Yard and even the British Museum itself, before Boggs forever altered the look of English banknotes.

To read the complete article, see:
The Man Who Drew His Own Money (https://aeon.co/videos/is-paying-with-hand-drawn-banknotes-artistry-or-forgery-the-knotty-case-of-j-s-g-boggs)

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