Here is what bored college coin collectors do...

ddbird · February 19, 2007 10:21AM

commoncents05 · February 19, 2007 10:22AM

I don't know how to do that, but if I did, I would spend my time between classes doing that.

-Paul

Bodie · February 19, 2007 10:25AM

I would like to make them on a scroll saw. Maybe hang a 2 footer on the front door. That would be cool

NICK72 · February 19, 2007 10:42AM

How come all of the eagles look to the left?

ziggy29 · February 19, 2007 10:44AM

<< <i>How come all of the eagles look to the left? >>

Need to get an SLQ in there to restore a little balance.

droopyd · February 19, 2007 10:46AM

Actually, the eagles are all looking to their own right. It's a standard from heraldry, I forgot the exact reason why but they look to the right (dexter) side rather than the left (sinister) side.

Hyperion · February 19, 2007 10:47AM

<< <i>I would like to make them on a scroll saw. Maybe hang a 2 footer on the front door. That would be cool

>>

it would be an efficient way to warn the girls "dont come in. dork lives here!"

speety · February 19, 2007 10:57AM

Wow, good job. Although my personal favorite eagle is hidden behind 5 others and the end of the motto

NumisOxide · February 19, 2007 11:16AM

Hey, I like that.

Animalkeeper · February 19, 2007 12:13PM

Please tell me that only exists in the digital world!

ricko · February 19, 2007 12:19PM

Very cool... Cheers, RickO

Coxe · February 19, 2007 12:26PM

Very nice. I like this one also. Done by someone on here (you maybe?) that I just had to save.

Writersblock · February 20, 2007 2:48AM

<< <i>Actually, the eagles are all looking to their own right. It's a standard from heraldry, I forgot the exact reason why but they look to the right (dexter) side rather than the left (sinister) side. >>

In heraldry (and traditionally) the right side is considered to be the more favored side. (Possibly because most people are right handed.) In the Bible the favored are said to "sit at the right hand of God" Blessings were done with the right hand, punishment doled out with the left. A praising that is in reality not flattering is said to be a "left handed compliment" etc.

Traditionally the eagle holds the olive branch of peace in the right talon and faces that way to send the message that we have a preference for peace. Why the early heraldic eagle used on the early silver coins has the arrows of war in the right talon has been said to have been an engraving error, but that doesn't really hold up, because once you made the error on the first die or two in 1795, why would you continue making the same mistake through 1807? Especially since the arrows and the olive branch were not part of the device punch but were cut into the dies by hand. It would have been a simple matter to start cutting the dies properly simply by engraving the features on the proper side. (I could be wrong on this last point and it may have only been the final finishing work that was done on the arrows and the olive branch.)

combatmailman · February 20, 2007 3:01AM

What program did you use to crreate the graphic?

Myqqy · February 20, 2007 3:02AM

Actually, the eagles are all looking to their own right. It's a standard from heraldry, I forgot the exact reason why but they look to the right (dexter) side rather than the left (sinister) side.

I'm not sure how applicable this is, but I wanted to share. I'm a mental health therapist, and I remember a training I was at last summer being done by a pair of russian/siberian therapists in helping clients overcome grief and loss. They talked about "locating" events in time, and the necessity of finding out if the client was right or left handed. The dominant hand (side) is the direction of the future- so since most folks are right-handed, then the future is to the right, which is where the eagles are looking...

airplanenut · February 20, 2007 4:02AM

I may get bored, but I never do that

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