strawberries are in at last.
well, actually they were around already since a few weeks ago. but now they are getting cheap! whooo hooo. about SGD1 for a punnet of 10 or so. and its sweet, not like the ones back in asia.
These are from Spain btw, non 'organic', i.e. genetically modified to make them larger and sweeter. the ones grown locally are supposedly 'organic'. my labmate told me that the first punnet of Swedish strawberries this season was sold for 600 crowns, i.e. 130sgd. then this other girl from the opposite table turned round, '600 crowns? thats cheap'.
I got a shock and decided to stick to my Sgd 1 ones.
this is the largest one in the punnet. its so big, theres a hole inside. reminds me of those old aging trees that have hollow trunks.
this place is just full of rows and rows of coins, if you want to scrutinize each one, it will take months, i think they have more than 500000 objects in the collection
one of the only coins i saw that had a depression, most had motifs that stood out, this one sunk in.
british coin. i forgot to take a picture of the penny farthing, gah....
huh? thats a coin?
indonesian coins called 'duit'
this one i really cannot understand
this is what treasure ships and priate tales are full of - ingots of gold
There was the beginning of the dollar, then known as the Thaller, which came from the owner of a silver mine in Czech, Mr Joachimsthaler. He named the 27gram silver coins he produced after himself, and now most countries’ currencies are named after him (at a lot less value than 27 grams of silver). Outside of
First generation 'dollars' from various countries:
anytiem you talk of money, you talk of saving. here was a display shelf of differnt boxes throughout the ages.
some large coins. finger for comparison of size. i forgot why i took this photo.
treasure dug from the murky waters of Gamla Stan, in STocholm. seems like alot of old ships sunk in swedish waters, so the government quite active in searching out for any signs of such.
The other parts of the display were about recession, inflation, cost of living, wages, stock market, and the financial system in general, but I could not understand anything of it. So my visit ends here.
The first modern gold Swedish coin minted in early 1500’s, square coins, triangle coins, super thick coins, paper thin coins, coins in a strip uncut, gold ingots, block coins which really are not coins. No one knows when and why the first coin was made, but obviously it became a popular display of wealth. I think the idea that gold and silver could be more precious than other metals was exploited by a very smart person, giving rise to this whole mess we today know as the economy.
The first silver coins in modern sweden
the first gold coin in modern sweden
the woman who came up with copper coins, which led to the copper plates
it started small, like ½ dalar and 1 dalar
when silver and gold became rare, they switched to copper.
these were themselves already huge
then came the mammoth
its freakin heavy at 19.7kg.
So because it was kind of stupid to lug along a 19.7 kg slab of copper around to the weekend market, banks came in to being. They gave out letters of assurance that certain number of copper plates or silver coins were kept in their office and could be exchanged for that piece of signed paper. 1657,
and in america, where it was not formalized at first, every bank came up with their own currency
but coins were still popular, and came in various shapes, the square ones were pressed in strips and then cut.
with each different king, they changed the coins to reflect their image, so there's hundreds of differnt sets of coins
some are super thin
some are slightly thicker
some are really thick
some are cylinders
the process of printing paper money and how they design the notes
the printing stamp
the kids area. alwyas more interesting than the adult's boring factual stuff
kids get to go aboard a treasure ship and hunt for sunken treasure.
harry potter money
Then there’s a part showing decorative coins, medals and such, that have no real face value. Like the prototype Nobel prize medal, and the many faces of kings engraved onto medals to show their power. Didn’t quite understand the display but I think they made it to give out to neighbors to show their powers, like a form of propaganda. Either that or they are extremely egoistic. There’s one artist who went sarcastic and made a medal with a relief of a pig’s face, saying why put kings that bring us to war.
an artist making a clay relief of a person. one day i shall have mine done. haha
test to see if your money is real
the medals exhibit. no monetary printed value, but still valuable.
the prototype Nobel medals
still waiting for the day i get mine.
medals as medium of propaganda: the king, fast asleep is resting and at peace with God, who shows him a dream of angels with an open heaven, while on earth, he is supported by a strong army at the background, ready to defend him and the country.
The first modern gold Swedish coin minted in early 1500’s, square coins, triangle coins, super thick coins, paper thin coins, coins in a strip uncut, gold ingots, block coins which really are not coins. No one knows when and why the first coin was made, but obviously it became a popular display of wealth. I think the idea that gold and silver could be more precious than other metals was exploited by a very smart person, giving rise to this whole mess we today know as the economy.
weird coins
cloth money
denmark had some really bad recession in the past, during that time this was how money was used.
weird looking money from all over the world. sometimes you got to wonder what clowns they got to run the country's economy.
people still hoard money and valuables, where moth and rust are at no shortage
jap banana money!
historical. i think i remember reading aobut this in history books
One indonesian cent. not even one rupiah, one cent!
$1? it should be RM, and even that, the coin is alaready out of production and not legal tender.
east india coin, aptly called 'cash'
