3 - 15. Old coins

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Oil, canvas

19.7" x 19.7" (50 x 50 cm)

Kyiv, 2014

Magic square matrix 3x3 formed up by coins of XIX-XX ct. The nominal values of the coins summed up by verticals, horizontals and diagonals give 15.

6 Kreuzer (1/20 Conventionsthaler) – copper, Austria-Hungary, 1800

1 Sen (1/100 Yen) – copper, Japan, 1877

8 Annas (half Rupee) – copper-nickel alloy, India, 1919

7 Shillings (1/3 Guinea) – gold, Great Britain, 1810

5 Kopeek (1/20 Rouble) – copper, Russia, 1881

3 Dollars (100 Cents) – gold, the USA, 1854

2 Grosze (1/50 Złoty) – copper, Poland, 1935

9 Piasters (1/20 Cyprus pound) – silver, Cyprus, 1921

4 Doubles (1/2 Penny) – bronze, Guernsey, 1885 

The coin worth 7 shillings does not have s sign of "7". Its value was 1/3 of gold guinea equal to 21 shillings. 21/3=7. This is relevant to the concept of arithmism - the numbers do not really have to be pictured, they may be implied.