Andy Warhol's Making Money Is Art Collection is rich with gold coins

 And Warhol is said to be one of the greatest painters and artists of the 20th century. After immortalizing Jacqueline Kennedy, Michael Jackson, Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe on silkscreen prints his work "Dollar Sign" is now being hailed, and how. A series by the Monnaie de Paris, is out with gold "money" that sports a "Dollar sign". The flip side features a self-portrait dated 1928-1987. A collaborated effort with The Andy Warhol​ Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc., to commemorate 25 years of his death, the “Making Money Is Art” Collection is made up of four gold coins and a silver coin too. 

Million dollar garments made of gold coins in Tokyo

 Bling, bling and more bling………….where is all this blinging leading to? Here’s one more paradigm of the latest trend from the Midas Kingdom. Take a look at the outfits that were fitted with more than 1,500 Austrian gold coins! Designed by students from a Tokyo design school, Bunka Fashion College, the outfits were shimmering and the models looked like fishes with dazzling golden scales! The coins were lent by the Austrian Mint Office and worth more than $1.2 million. They were sewn onto three pieces of apparel - a full-length dress weighing 10 kg (22 pounds) and two jackets weighing up to 21 kg (46 pounds). More dazzling images follow......