i love these designs. we won't, however, seriously depart from the dead white men meme because the us dollar is so widely used as a de facto currency where local currencies are unreliable or otherwise unavailable.
got my panama pill at my mailbox today ... i didn't really expect it to be so tiny! very cool, and it raises questions: did people really circulate these? (for those who don't know--this coin really is pill-sized ... smaller than a conventional aspirin).
actually, that's pretty typical of classical greek male figures ... large penises were thought to be vulgar. times sure have changed--today we'd think he was just using steroids.
during my recent trip i only received one five pound note in change ... it was pretty well used and i promptly stuffed it into my pocket and went on my way ... never to be seen again until i was on my return flight. if my limited (two weeks plus) experience is any indication it might be that both the five pound note and coin could go away ...
in fact, the musems on both side of that courtyard have been (recently) extensively renovated--the new DeYoung has been open for a while and the newly-renovated California Academy of Sciences is on the verge of reopening now . . .
got a packet of stuff from Jeff over the wknd ... more good stuff, plus he was super patient as i found stuff in subsequent offerings that i wanted to add to my purchase.