Ever wonder why some coins have ridges, while others do not?
The answer is surprisingly simple:
When coins where made of gold or silver, the value of the coin was based on the value of the metal in it. Thus, a $10 gold coin had $10 worth of gold in it.
Before ridges, thieves would file off the edges of the coins and make a slow but steady profit from passing on the slightly smaller coins, while collecting the rest.
To prevent this practice, the government began minting ridges into the edges of coins so that you can easily tell if a coin has been tampered with.
Though coins are no longer made of gold or silver, they still have ridges, because we’re accustomed to seeing them that way.
Now you know.
[Via: Big Site Of Amazing Facts]
[Photo Via: Clearly Ambiguous]
In what is surely a sign of the times, Gisele Bundchen has reportedly refused to accept US dollars as payment for her work, due to their declining value.
Instead, she’s accepting only Euros, though if she’d like to model for DYH, I’d surely pay her in gold doubloon if that would make her happy.
[BBC - Supermodel 'Rejects Dollar Pay']
[Gisele Bundchen]
If you consider yourself to be an Internet celebrity, then show the world your status with the VanityRing.
By plugging the VanityRing into the custom docking box and then typing your name into the included software, the VanityRing searches Google, and updates your ring’s screen with the number of hits your name pulls up.
“The VanityRing doesn’t have a jewel, instead it shows the number of hits one gets, when he searches Google for the name of the person who wears it, a more adequate value in our time.”
How valuable are you?
[VanityRing]
[Via: Gizmo Watch]
