Hot topics

  • battlefield-13a_01battlefield-13a_02

    • gadgets

    Comment

    QR Coins Will Baffle Future Generations As Their Purpose Becomes Shrouded In Mystery

    John Biggs

    View Staff Page

    Biggs is the East Coast Editor of TechCrunch. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at... → Learn More

    Friday, June 17th, 2011
    Comments

    These coins from the Royal Dutch Mint are legal tender and connect you to this site when scanned. It’s going to be hilarious when future archeologists find these and figure that they’re some sort of prayer or an image of a great space god we once worshiped.

    They come in silver and gold (5 and 10 euro denominations, respectively) and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the mint.

    via the rich times

    Tags: ,