Mystery Money Image And Some Quick Facts About The US Cent

Published: August 12, 2007, 10:30 am

I was just having some fun at work creating images of a penny to demonstrate a certain technology to some new students. Here is an example image: Can you guess how this image was created? Hint - think out of the box; except for the size, it has not been edited in any way. Interestingly, not many of the students knew how the penny looks up-close. They have probably *seen* it for years, but never *observed* it closely. Some of them knew what “E Pluribus Unum” means, but none of them knew what “FG” stands for. The letters “FG” are not clearly visible in the above image, but you can check this detailed photograph of the penny for that. For those who are not aware about the significance of those letters - they are the initials of the designer of Frank Gasparro. By the way, the other side (Lincoln side) of the penny was designed by Victor Brenner. But, check out this detailed photograph of the Lincoln side of the penny - here only the letter

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