Possibly an explanation is in order regarding the giant coins.
I ran across the three giant coins mentioned by Kirby at a Magicians Supply Shop many years ago. I brought them to Jackson as a gag, a joke, to open my portion of the talk for the Miniatures Breakfast. My strictly tongue in cheek suggestion was to use a coin in the body of a Miniature daffodil photograph in order for others to gain a sense of scale or size of the Miniature in the photo. I also said if anyone really wanted to make their Miniature seedling look really small in a photo, they should use a dime or a nickel and then pulled out the giant coins from the magic shop. This got a large laugh and we went on to the serious part of the presentation.
I never dreamed in my wildest thoughts that anyone might take such a joke seriously, or even remotely consider it as anything other than a presentation “opening” gag.
Hollywood movie studios occasionally make huge size props for use in certain special effects. I have seen a replica of a pencil that was over three feet long as well as giant rulers four feet long. Both were crafted to be perfectly in scale visually. Again, what I did was meant to be funny ONLY and NOT to be taken as a real suggestion.
With apologies for the off topic posting, Steve
Steve Vinisky Sherwood, Oregon USA
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I think this whole discussion is valuable (and Stephen you made a good point) as it reminds us of the relativeness of some of the “standards” we may use. Especially since this is an international list.
Colleen NE Calif.
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The giant coins Steve cites are all 77 mm in diameter. The set costs about $10. There was no manufacturer’s name or country of origin, but it obviously wasn’t the U.S. Mint. The dime weighs 2.1 ounces. The daffodil, dime, and ruler were all photographed together and not pieced together from separate photos with Photoshop. Curiously, only the dime was of any interest; no one asked about the 2W-P “miniature.” Incidentally, when photographing a daffodil with a ruler, it’s generally useful to photograph a profile (side view) of the daffodil with the ruler. This shows not only the diameter of the perianth but also shows the length and shape (and diameter) of the corona.
Kirby Fong