½ Gaap

½ Gaap - obverse½ Gaap - reverse

© Rojomano

Features

Location The Ultimate State of Tædivm
Type Fantasy items › Fantasy currency
Year 2005
Value ½ Gaap
Composition Nickel silver
Weight 5 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round with a round hole
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
107165
References X# 5
George S. Cuhaj (editor); 2011. Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Hole in center
Clock with romans numbers

Script: Latin

Lettering:
The Ultimate State of Taedium
"the hours of folly are measured by a clock"
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII

Reverse

Hole in center. Value, date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1/2 GAAP
2005

Edge

Plain

Mint

Pressed Metal Products of Vancouver, Canada (1929-date)

Comments

All coins are 25mm in diameter with plain edge. A coin full of compromises to the technical & practical side of minting. In my opinion only worthy of a pitiful half-a-yawn, a mere ½ Gaap (pronounced with a soft G, similar to the CH of Loch Ness or Chaim). The obverse: A stylised moon in the background, with the value superimposed; the moon symbolising circularity, emptiness, lunacy. The triangles on the left symbolise the dials of the clock stopped at 9, when freedom ends and the tædivm of the workday commences. The reverse: Symbolising a clock with the dials set at "nine to five”. The quote on the coin is from Faulkner: "the hours of folly are measured by a clock". The hole: Symbolising emptiness, the essence of being in an ultimate state of tædivm... but also giving those who would wish it an opening to all that's beyond tædivm. The coins were minted by Pressed Metal Products in Canada. To order these coins e-mail at taedivm@taedivm.org.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2005  51

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