money! neat!
Sep. 22nd, 2000 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iamlachesisI'm watching something rightnow on Discovery Channel about the US Mint... about the new Dollar coin. 3 types of metal were used in it, and it costs 12 cents to make one. Tests had to be done to simulate thirty years of use - the required "life" of a coin. THe USMint required that the new dollar be made of a gold colored metal, so they used magnesium, nickel, and (damn!) something else I cant remember.
Now they're showing how they made the face of the coin (Sacajawea). Ms. Glenna Goodacre's design was chosen by internet vote. A college student (Randy Teton?) was chosen to model for the face.
Tom deRogers of the US MInt designed the reverse.
It takes 3 days to make the "master hub" where the die for minting comes from.
I saw a 10,000 bill once. It was really fascinating.
Not what you were expecting, I'm sure... but it's still pretty interesting (to me, anyway).
Now they're showing how they made the face of the coin (Sacajawea). Ms. Glenna Goodacre's design was chosen by internet vote. A college student (Randy Teton?) was chosen to model for the face.
Tom deRogers of the US MInt designed the reverse.
It takes 3 days to make the "master hub" where the die for minting comes from.
I saw a 10,000 bill once. It was really fascinating.
Not what you were expecting, I'm sure... but it's still pretty interesting (to me, anyway).
