5¢. 5¢.

[duccio]

I found two nickels in my pocket Monday that I thought were foreign coins. I had not seen these types before. One coin had changed the front - from Monticello to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the other coin had changed the back portrait of Jefferson from the old side profile to a 3/4 profile. They also put Liberty in Jefferson's handwriting above the 2010 date which was a nice touch I thought. Too bad they don't have all the printing done in script instead of those boring Roman capital letters. They think somebody actually reads that stuff, doesn't know a nickel when they see one, gotta be 'spelled out clear' so we can't say it's a silver dollar?

Anyway, I kept trying to photograph them to get a good image, but the reflections made it difficult, so I decided to put all the shots in here, and number them so we can decide which ones we like best. I decided for my own curious reasons that my favorites are:

8 - because it's kind of weird looking and a pale Venetian red.
5 - because it looks like a night boat ride.
2 - looks like a Francis Bacon.
1 - because he looks like an ultra liberal president: a good omen.
4 - Jefferson is laughing even though Texas wrote him off.

So? What do You think?

Comments

[shinsetsu]

Oh! I'm sure all the slaves he had and the native tribes he removed from their lands will appreciate that lil 'liberty' handwriting touch.

[duccio]

But, they're dead and so is he. They won't be appreciating anything; dead people don't appreciate. We will be too before you know it. You didn't like any of them and don't want to choose. :(
Mal è me.
Guarda! La veduta dalla cucina mia ierisera.

[shinsetsu]

I'm thinking you dun know what dead people think. :-p I personally plan to continue my angst and rage after I leave here! But yes, I agree with n6vfp that the third set is the best for images.

Nice view. If I had a decent camera I would post all sorts of photos. It might even get me out of the house. And who is Mal? The translator wouldn't tell me.

[duccio]

Mal is Bad, a contraction of mala.

[shinsetsu]

And while we're at it, what is 'ierisera'?

[duccio]

ieri = yesterday
sera = evening
yesterday evening

My cameras are not so hot. The Sony I took the coins with is about 10 years old and only .3 megapixels. It stores only about 20 images on a floppy disk. My newer ones are both Panasonic. I go through them in about 4 or 5 years it seems, then get new ones. I always have a camera with me.

You could just use the camera you have, get into the practice of going out and getting, and then either make do or buy better. Please do. Images you posted would be much more interesting to see than web shots, although your journal is pretty interesting as is.

[shinsetsu]

I see. Well, that's me, lame.

[duccio]

I didn't mean to say you are lame, I meant to encourage you to take more photographs which you seemed to express a desire to do, mentioning your camera. But of course, you should surely do as you want to do. Sorry to have offended.

[shinsetsu]

No, I'm the one who said it. No worries. :)

[n6vfp]

I noticed the new money, have you seen the new penny? As for the pictures, the next to last set seems to show the best detail. Yes, the lettering style and font choice wasn't the best, but probably was made so the process would work with less errors.

[duccio]

No on the new penny - not that I can remember seeing one anyway. I figure the Roman capitals are always used to give the illusion that a government is a direct descendent of the Roman Empire and thus, legitimate somehow. Eternal. That's probably why they used the Jefferson handwriting. It implies that our money is a blessing from Jefferson and directly connected with our founding holy writs. Now if they had spelled Liberty incorrectly for fun, that would really be liberty, and tell revealing stories about today too. I wonder if Jefferson spelled it Libertie?