RAF,
A man after my own heart (no, not THAT kind of "after"). ;-)
The bronze pennies (1982 and pre-) are worth more than a red cent these days,
too, I gather. But I do not take that into account in the following
calculation.
I once wanted to begin a Sangha project of collecting 10,000 US Pennies, minted
before 1983. I would have asked Sangha members to save up from change they
receive, or to raid their kids' piggie banks, and reimburse the kids with
sugar-coated pennies minted of-late. My purpose was to take the collection,
ensure that they amount to exactly 10,000, and use them in the founding of a
bell, or a flat plate.
The practice of foundry-work was too much for me then, and building a foundry
at home is what put me off. It might have been a useful and productive
challenge. I let it go.
But I collected the pennies myself. Jars of them.
Anyway, I would have made for our Sangha what I would have called, "The Hundred
Dollar Bell".
The significance is the 10,000 Things, in One.
"The Ten Thousand things return to the One: what does the One return to?"
And the ringing of it or the striking of it would be its function in the Zendo,
worth its weight in Gold to hear.
--Joe
> R A Fonda <rafonda@...> wrote:
>
> On 11/30/2012 7:48 AM, Edgar Owen wrote:
> > A silver dime should be no problem...
>
> Yeah, dimes are the way to go. Spending silver ounces would involve
> taking too much fiat-garbage in change, for most purchases. Also, the
> circulated character of old dimes makes them self-authenticating,
> whereas shiny new silver rounds, or even eagles, may someday be as
> problematic as gold-plated tungsten is becoming.
[snip]
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