Monday, October 1, 2018

Bicentennial currency display

So I had this pile of money from 1976 and most of it had some sort of commemorative engraving on it.  I wanted to have some way of displaying it so I made up this little framed plaque.  I designed it in Photoshop and used to-scale scans of the coins to lay it all out.  I found two different versions of the American Seal, and old one and a contemporary one, and included them on the plaque. 

Here's the original file, it was modified before final printing

I then printed it out on photo paper and stuck it to matte-board and used an Xacto knife to cut out slots for the coins.  I put it in a weathered frame with museum glass from Hobby Lobby (it reduces glare).  That's all there is to it, it now hangs beside my framed constitution.

Next time I would like to try laser-cutting the holes and possibly using a larger frame to give me some more leeway, it looks too tight.

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