in God we trust

i have this 2007 issue of a US$1 coin. i have a stash of american coins leftover from my numerous trips to the US over the years. i tried to spend them the last time i was there in 2019 but because they were in my luggage, i forgot all about them, so i accumulated more. in looking through the stash, i found this one-dollar coin. @monikozi had this idea to shoot a coin so that it would look like a quarter moon (or something) and i thought i'd try. but this was the best i could do because even though the coin is round, it is also flat, you know, kind of like the planet earth. 🤣

i was kind of intrigued with the coin because i had thought that in all of the american money, be it coin or paper, they had this motto "in God we trust" and this coin didn't seem to have it on both faces. so it was kind of a surprise this evening when i was shooting it to find that there were inscriptions on its rim and when i zoomed in it read e pluribus unum 2007 in God we trust.

long ago, i had a susan b anthony dollar coin but i must have lost it during my various moves before i came to canada. apparently it has no value but it perhaps carry some bragging rights. bragging as in "i own one" kind of thing. also i planned to do focus stacking but i'm poofed and i needed to make my dinner.

[Leslie]

great macro ... I don't remember noticing this on the side of a dollar coin now I need to go look.

[summerfield]

@lesip - you need to use a magnifying glass.

[katy]

An interesting narrative and a fantastic close up! I think you nailed the crescent moon part too! Not so certain about the flat earth part

[Esther Rosenberg]

Great shot, the macro close up brings out all the colors on the edge of the coin.

[Shutterbug]

I like the diagonal comp and the colors on the rim.

[Kathy A]

This is really cool!

[Monique]

Cool shot indeed

[Susan Wakely]

Great pov and macro.

[Lou Ann]

This is wonderful. A really great macro. The Anthony coin is a dollar coin, so it’s worth at least a dollar. 😊

[Pyrrhula]

I just finnish a brachelet with this quote. ( Like : https://365project.org/pyrrhula/365/2022-01-31 )

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Well done! I have a Susan B. Anthony coin somewhere- heaven knows where! We were encouraged to spend them when they first came out as they were supposed to replace the dollar bill- but that never took. I don't think anyone liked the extra weight from all those coins and they were so close to a quarter in size people were constantly mixing them up. Poor Susan B. Anthony- she deserved a better tribute! I really like the colors of the metal here. Nicely done all around.

[Kathy]

This is beautiful! I like the low key lighting and the reflections. I guess the coin was one of those that had the layers of metal, so these colors look great.