My Last Penny

‘My Last Penny’ by Martijn Sandberg is available in a multiple edition, issued by the Vereniging voor Penningkunst VPK/ Dutch Art Medal Society. The art medal refers to financial crisis. ‘My Last Penny’ states that it is our last cent. What should we do with this last cent? Keep it as a memento of bankruptcy?

‘My Last Penny’ in the outstretched hand of the artist. Donation or plea? Benefaction or begging? Charity or fast-change trick? A true confession or sham poverty?

Click here to see a full description in English, as pdf.
Click here to see a full description in Dutch, as pdf.

Related: ‘We’re Only In It For The Money‘, coin edition, 2000

Title: ‘My Last Penny’
Artist: Martijn Sandberg
Material: brass, perforated
Size: diameter 62mm, thickness 3mm
Concept and design: 2009
Release: 2010
Publisher: Vereniging voor Penningkunst VPK/ Dutch Art Medal Society
Production: Koninklijke Begeer, Zeist/ NL

Photo by: Tom Haartsen