It's the last day of January and it's about time to take down the Christmas decorations! I took this photo at La Monnaie de Paris (Paris mint or coins and medals), a public body that was founded in 864 and is in charge of issuing coins and medals on behalf of the French Government (they still are nowadays, even though we don't use proper French coins anymore but Euros). The place is also a museum, located is a 18th century building, where you can buy medals; at the moment, they are promoting four gold and silver coins, produced under a licence with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts!
"Making Money is Art", and making art was money for Andy.
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Well, it's about time to take down the ole' Christmas lights. I love the Andy Warhol photos in the windows. It really brightens up the window area.
ReplyDeleteI really like the Warhol posters and I'm glad I didn't have to climb these ladders. Two steps up and my legs starts shaking.
ReplyDeleteAs cool as the photo itself is the phrase "founded in 864". SO cool.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know that someone's making money at the moment. :(
ReplyDeleteI'm with LGreen, "founded in 864" just sounds amazing! We have so little thought about time here in the United States, we're such young'uns! LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat capture! :-)
ReplyDeleteEven with the Franc There are still proper French coins around: each Euro has a European face and a national face. For example, the French 2 Euro coin has a tree of life and the motto of "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" imprinted. Other coins have carry the image of a sower, some a portrait of Marianne. All well known French symbols.
I often check where the coins I just received are coming from and when I recognize a nation's symbol, it always give me a kick.
Sorry, should read "even with the Franc gone, there ....
ReplyDeleteIf making money is art, then I guess I'm not an artist. Tant pis. I too love that this building is from 864—around here, you can't find a building from 1864.
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