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1st Edition
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- Artists
- Davidoff, Adam
 - Bands
- Phish
- Edition Details
| Year: | 2009 | | Class: | Other | | Status: | Fan Art | | Released: | 04/30/10 | | Run: | 888 | | Paper: | Crane & Co. 100% Cotton Rag | | Size: | 6.14 X 2.61 |
- Venues
- Empire Polo Club - Indio, CA
- Event
- October 30-31 & November 1, 2009
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The idea to design an $8 Bill for Festival Eight actually came to me late night on Halloween, so it is safe to say it was a little late! However, over the past few months, the idea kept popping into my head, so I decided to go for it. The design is based on the $1 Bill, and I tried to work in as much Phish symbolism as possible while remaining true to the original form. Basically anything that I could alter to make the Festival $8 Bill Phishy (in a subtle way) I did.
The serial number references Halloween, as do the Roman numbers at the bottom of the pyramid. I took out 5 of the 13 stars, olive leaves and arrows in the seal on the right side of the back of the Bill to make eight of each as a nod to Festival 8. Taking out the middle 5 stars actually created an unintended figure eight, which I thought was extra cool! I also removed the center tail feather of the eagle to make it so there are only 8 of them. I changed the Latin slogan below the pyramid to say “Lego Libri Servo Vita” which means “Read the Book and Save Your Life,” and the signatures at the bottom of the front side of the Festival $8 Bill are those of Marco Esquandolas and M.R. Palmer! The Department of the Treasury seal has been altered to reference the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street album cover choice for Halloween.
I originally wanted to use a visage of King Wilson, and then it hit me that Woodrow Wilson was on the now defunct $100,000 Bill, so it seemed like a nice touch. I also changed the letter in the middle of the Federal Reserve Seal to an 8, and the city of printing has been changed to Indio, CA. I changed the other serial numbers to F8 and 1030 and 1101 to represent the other two days of the festival. In Clod We Trust needs no explanation, does it?
Hope you like it… Just another memento that will be even easier to carry in your wallet. The Festival $8 Bill will be printed on Crane & Company 100% Cotton woven paper… as close to the U.S. currency cotton/linen paper as I can get without having the Feds checking things out!
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 | Original Price | $5.00 |
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